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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 87i
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Establish a reliable and standard information system on the phenomena;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 100c
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- [Sustainable and coordinated transnational cooperation should be established, though:] Developing and sharing reliable and standardized databases of cases at regional and international level;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 98e
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- [Sustainable and effective preventive measures should be established:] Reporting by informing people of the issue and empowering them to act should be encouraged;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 75
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- Despite all the positive and promising actions undertaken, no comprehensive initiative which is sufficiently multidimensional and takes into account all risk factors has yet been developed that is working both at national and transnational level and most importantly aimed at being sustainable.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 44
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- The focus must be shifted from crisis response to preparation and planning, coupled with mandated accountability, monitoring and follow-up.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 94
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- There are some 122 statutory national human rights commissions throughout the world, some with a distinct mandate on the rights of the child.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 76
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- Divergent legislation, non-harmonized procedures and information systems and a lack of political will on the part of some States to cooperate in investigations and prosecutions represent a significant challenge to efficient regional and international cooperation.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 32e
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- [In order to ensure the effective implementation and ownership by all the stakeholders of this comprehensive legal framework, the following actions should be undertaken, in conjunction with the enforcement of legislation:] Provision of adequate resources to implement all measures, programmes and policies;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Comprehensive child protection systems 2011, para. 24f
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- [A reliable information system should be based on the following principles:] Effective means of coordinating the intersectoral exchange of information within and between the regional and international levels;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 36
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- [The actual extent of these offences is not yet known because statistics are scarce and often unreliable owing to the following:] The difficulty of ensuring international and regional coordination of the exchange of information.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 126
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- [The implementation of such systems relies on the following:] A reliable standardized information system: adoption of a rigorous method to gather and process disaggregated data; and intersectoral and transnational exchange of information;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Study on illegal adoptions 2017, para. 95k
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- [At the national level] [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Ensure the right to truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence of victims of large-scale illegal adoptions, inter alia, by reforming institutions that were either involved in or incapable of preventing abuses, and guarantee the effective and meaningful participation of victims in the design and implementation of measures to obtain comprehensive redress;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 72
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- Of interest are the Standards of Care for the Treatment of Adult Sex Offenders, which were adopted by the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders. They underline, inter alia, the importance of appropriately trained and competent professionals for the care of sex offenders and recall that it is fundamental to ensure that any rehabilitation of offenders is undertaken in accordance with human rights principles.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 99h
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:] Strengthen governance structures which ensure an adequate labour inspection system and limit corruption, implement adequate sanctions for non compliance and strengthen the role of independent human rights institutions in monitoring labour conditions;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 51
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- In 2013, INHOPE received over 1.2 million reports of illegal content and it identified nearly 40,000 unique images hosted on the Internet. The INHOPE network allows for fast results. In Europe, 98 per cent of reported content was passed to law enforcement within one day of being reported, and 91 per cent of material was removed from the Internet within three days.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 119a
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- [The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to establish a coordinated global response, by:] Ensuring the universal ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Reflection on a 6-year tenure as Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2014, para. 70
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- Impunity is the result of weak law enforcement due to a lack of capacity or corruption. It is also due to the complexity of the criminal networks involved, the tools they use and their transnational nature.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 100d
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- [Sustainable and coordinated transnational cooperation should be established, though:] Strengthening and expanding the international alert system to inform and communicate information about individuals having committed criminal offenses and likely to reoffend in other countries;
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 120
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- Importantly, prevention approaches seek to promote systemic change that cannot happen overnight. Prevention involves processes that need to be carried out over many years. Consequently, commitment to the issue, namely political will, programme implementation, and the allocation of resources, should ensure the sustainability of efforts in the long run, including, and in particular, in difficult times.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 90
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- INTERPOL supports the exchange of information among law enforcement authorities across countries. It has set up a system of "green notices", issued to provide warnings and criminal intelligence about perpetrators, who are likely to repeat crimes in other countries. INTERPOL also coordinates joint operations between multiple countries to track down offenders.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 87
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- The various preventive measures need to be integrated and coherent, hence the importance of adopting a comprehensive strategy and going beyond legalistic aspects. The role and responsibilities of each actor/institution, as well as accountability mechanisms have to be clearly established. Yet, political will and leadership are also critical to ensuring that coordination is achieved.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 52
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- Weak law enforcement, owing to lack of capacity or corruption, leads to a culture of impunity, paving the way for organized crime and the permissibility of abuse. When laws, even where they exist, are not enforced, social tolerance for exploitation is likely to increase.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 127
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- Tracing activities should be based on a consistent, centralized approach with standardized forms and mutually compatible systems that can facilitate cooperation, information-sharing and reduce the possibility of duplication.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 123
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- Registration and recording systems should enable the collection of information on potential or actual exploitation and perpetrators, and provide for monitoring and follow-up on individual cases.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 100
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- Steps should be taken to ensure that information exchange and coordination mechanisms are established and strengthened before emergencies occur.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 94
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- When a State lacks the capacity or resources to fulfil its obligations, the international community, including other States, donor organizations, and United Nations agencies should ensure through technical and financial assistance that the rights of the child are protected and upheld.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters 2012, para. 93
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- Consideration should be given to the establishment of a multi-sectoral and participatory national-level coordinating agency with the capacity to identify priorities, allocate roles and responsibilities and make commitments to contribute resources.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 110g
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- [Counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms should, at a minimum:] Provide prompt and speedy response and follow-up, to, inter alia, avoid adverse consequences to those concerned.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 62
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- Two thirds of the UNICEF country offices that responded to the questionnaire reported that the country in which they were based had established a programme to encourage voluntary reporting. However, most also reported that the law does not protect persons who make a report.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Joint report with SRSG Violence against Children on child-sensitive complaint mechanisms 2011, para. 46
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- In conformity with relevant human rights standards, complaint mechanisms have also been established at the international and regional levels. At present, an open-ended working group of the Human Rights Council is considering an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to establish a communications procedure.
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- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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