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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 75a

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[Recent research on this topic has revealed a number of significant and worrying developments:] Of the images and videos surveyed, 17.5 per cent depicted children 15 years of age or younger and 85.9 per cent of this content was created using a webcam rather than a mobile device;
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Document type
SRSG report
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Youth
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Child slavery in the artisanal mining and quarrying sector 2011, para. 34

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As in many other sectors where children work, employers find it easier to hire children as they are easily exploited and cheaper to employ. Children are also recruited to work in mines because of their small size and the fact that they are thought to be nimble.
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2011
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 24

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An understanding of the different kinds and levels of vulnerabilities faced by children in diverse situations is a corner stone of an adequate preventive strategy.
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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
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 22b

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[Vulnerability is a function of:] The ability of the child to resist these risks and/or mitigate their effects, in other words, the child's resilience.
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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
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Child participation 2012, para. 89

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Child-led organizations and peer initiatives need to be strengthened through the provision of high-quality support and training to peer educators, not only to identify target groups and formulate research questions and methodologies but also to discuss and identify child protection risks related to the research.
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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
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2012
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Child participation 2012, para. 20f

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[Child participation mechanisms must operate in compliance with these international human rights principles and standards and ensure:] Establishment and maintenance of a safe and child-friendly environment that ensures the protection and safety of children and the enhanced recovery and skill development of any child victim/survivor participating;
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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
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2012
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Effective Implementation of the OPSC 2010, para. 78

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Because they are still growing and are dependent on adults, children are vulnerable by nature. They must be trained, brought up, educated, supervised, guided and moulded by their families, guardians and all others who exercise authority over them. However, certain children are more vulnerable than others.
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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
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
Year
2010
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Key trends and challenges to the right of all individuals to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds through the Internet 2011, para. 71

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Keeping the above in mind, the Special Rapporteur strongly emphasizes the importance of promoting and providing support to projects which seek to ensure the access to information and communication. In this regard, the global project "One Laptop per Child" is a good initiative. As stated in the most recent report of the Special Rapporteur to the Human Rights Council, this kind of initiative helps to spread the availability of ICT in developing countries. The project, supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and several partners, has benefited not just children, but their families as well, since one of the essential aspects of the permanently connected laptop is its free use at home, which allows the child and the family to increase their access to information and to the outside world. Two important elements of these laptops are that they can be charged by solar or mechanical power; and they have been designed to provide an engaging wireless network, which allows the laptops to be connected automatically to others nearby.
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Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
Year
2011
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Child and dependant care, including sharing of work and family responsibilities 1996, para. 16

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Child and dependant care can constitute a major source of new jobs for women and men.
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Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
  • Men
  • Women
Year
1996
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Extreme poverty and human rights on universal basic income 2017, para. 14

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The absence of conditionality is a key dimension for most basic income proponents. This means that no conditions, such as children’s attendance at school or proof of job searches, must be met before the income is paid. People are thus not compelled to accept unpleasant or unattractive jobs. The latter would be filled either by machines, or by people attracted by a higher pay level.
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2017
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 75e

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[Recent research on this topic has revealed a number of significant and worrying developments:] The high proportion of content depicting children 13 years of age or younger (85.5 per cent) indicates a need for further research to understand the reasons behind this phenomenon and for awareness-raising campaigns tailored for younger children and their parents to prevent and address the online risks children may face.
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Document type
SRSG report
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Youth
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2016, para. 71

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Social engagement through ICTs is now a fundamental part of children's lives, but the manner in which children and young people engage with ICTs is significantly different from that of the previous generation. Children now shift easily between real and virtual worlds, and they regard the online/offline distinction as ever less relevant.
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Document type
SRSG report
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Youth
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 48

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Robust indicators will be needed on the prevalence and severity of children's exposure to sexual, physical and emotional violence in order to measure progress towards the adopted targets. In that regard, the Special Representative will continue to advocate for strengthened national statistical capacities and for sound monitoring methodologies and tools to capture and address the magnitude and incidence of violence.
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Document type
SRSG report
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 89

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The Guidelines for Parents, Guardians and Educators on Child Online Protection, prepared by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), offer useful guidance on ways to ensure the safety and security of computers in the home and to establish rules on ICT use through discussions with children. The guidelines recommend, for example, never disclosing private information or arranging to meet someone children may have encountered online, and highlighting the risks of posting photographs on the Internet.
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Document type
SRSG report
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 77

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In countries in the North, Internet access is more frequent from home, at times through a shared family computer; children also use their own laptop or mobile phone in the privacy of their bedroom. In the global South, access is often from Internet cafes or from mobile devices, creating new challenges for children's safety.
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Document type
SRSG report
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 21

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Thirdly, all professionals working with children in the formal and informal justice system should acquire sound knowledge and skills to keep children safe, and to interact with child victims respectfully and effectively. Training modules should be cross-cultural, gender- and child-sensitive, and accompanied by codes of conduct and specialized expertise among criminal justice professionals (see para. 28).
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Document type
SRSG report
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 94

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In contrast with the formal justice system and courtroom setting, which may become extremely intimidating for children, restorative justice programmes provide young people with an opportunity to express their views in a safe environment and surrounded by a supportive network, where they can communicate in their own words and in a non-threatening manner.
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Document type
SRSG report
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Youth
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2012, para. 34

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The findings of the Tanzanian survey have paved the way to an implementation phase, initiated with the Government's launch of a coordinated response to address the concerns revealed by the survey. Important efforts are being made to raise awareness and mobilize public support to overcome social acceptance of this phenomenon and social pressure inhibiting child victims from reporting.
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children
Document type
SRSG report
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2012
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Child slavery in the artisanal mining and quarrying sector 2011, para. 113

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CSOs and international organizations should work to ensure that alternative childcare services are also available so that mothers are not in a situation in which they take children with them to the mining and quarrying sites because of the lack of specific places to take care of children while they are working.
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2011
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 86

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There have been initiatives aimed at filling the inspection gap by offering a social label on the production of goods. For instance, the GoodWeave certification ensures that rugs are made without child labour, forced labour or bonded labour. By joining the programme, rug exporters and importers issue an assurance that no child labour was used in the making of a rug and accept unannounced visits by GoodWeave inspectors.
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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
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 45

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Children are often transferred from one country to another and find themselves in an unknown setting, with an uncertain legal status, which binds them to their employer. They may be traded from club to club and forced to train intensively, under the threat of finding themselves undocumented, having their dreams crushed and with no 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
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2016
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. 91

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The 2013 ILO World Report on Child Labour also concentrates on economic vulnerability and the role of social protection in addressing child labour. The report concludes that social protection alone is not sufficient to prevent and address child labour. Complementary measures, particularly those related to health and schooling, are needed for effective protection.
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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
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 99b

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[Sustainable and adapted training (intervention levels) and training of trainers for a common understanding and harmonization of practices should be established:] Law enforcement officers must be provided with the necessary technical equipment and have the required skills, including how to deal with child sex offenders, evidence collection, use of video testimonies. etc.;
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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
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism 2013, para. 42

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By ratifying the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, 161 States have strengthened this commitment. Sex tourism involving children is directly linked to the offences covered by the Optional Protocol, since it involves child prostitution and child pornography and may also involve the sale of children. Sex tourism involving children is specifically mentioned in the preamble and in article 10 of the Optional Protocol.
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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
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Comprehensive prevention strategies against sale and sexual exploitation of children 2013, para. 17b

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[Child protection literature and practice identify three main layers of prevention:] Secondary prevention concentrates on specific groups or children which are known to be more at risk by providing additional, targeted, support services;
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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
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Child participation 2012, para. 62

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Child-led research not only provides valuable opportunities for the empowerment of child participants themselves, but also strengthens the research process. Children may have unique access to particular locations, be in a privileged position to judge the accuracy of information and be able to determine the appropriateness of the methodology used, create links with their peers and make the children whom they consult feel at ease.
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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
Person(s) affected
  • Children
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. 126

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Early identification and intervention is essential to increasing the chances for reunification. Priority should be given to locating the families of unaccompanied and very young children.
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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
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
Year
2012
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:] Large differences in numbers: the figures vary, ranging from a few cases to millions of children affected, based on information received from countries and on studies conducted by various institutions. These are often estimates;
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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
Person(s) affected
  • Children
Year
2010
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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The right of the child to be heard 2009, para. 55

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When a child is to be placed for adoption or kafalah of Islamic law and finally will be adopted or placed in kafalah, it is vitally important that the child is heard. Such a process is also necessary when step-parents or foster families adopt a child, although the child and the adopting parents may have already been living together for some time.
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Committee on the Rights of the Child
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Families
Year
2009
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Treatment of Unaccompanied and Separated Children Outside Their Country of Origin 2005, para. 95

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Particular attention should be paid to the training of officials working with separated and unaccompanied children and dealing with their cases. Specialized training is equally important for legal representatives, guardians, interpreters and others dealing with separated and unaccompanied children.
Body
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Persons on the move
Year
2005
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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