A/HRC/9/21 page 9 standard of physical and mental health; the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances; the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; or the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 29. The Special Rapporteur intends to carry out her task in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council, adopted by the Council in its resolution 5/2, and the Manual of Operations of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council.8 In particular, the Special Rapporteur will implement her mandate in complete independence, in close cooperation with all stakeholders, favouring dialogue and basing her conclusions and recommendations on reliable information, reviewed objectively and impartially. 30. In implementation of Council resolution 7/13, the Special Rapporteur will be required, through her various activities, to “identify, exchange and promote best practice” and to “continue [...] his/her efforts to promote comprehensive strategies and measures on the prevention of sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography”.9 Only through a constructive, coordinated approach will it be possible to improve victims’ situation and prevent violations against potential victims in the future, which must remain the ultimate and principal goal for all stakeholders. 31. As to the practical aspects of her work under the mandate, the Special Rapporteur intends to apply the special procedures working methods as set out in the relevant resolutions, in particular the resolutions on the establishment and renewal of the mandate on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography10 and, most recently, Council resolution 7/13. Her mandated tasks include conducting country visits and making recommendations to the Council accordingly; sending communications and urgent appeals to Governments; presenting annual thematic reports to the Council; publishing press releases; holding ongoing discussions with stakeholders at the governmental, intergovernmental, non-governmental and civil society levels; and advocacy work to facilitate the achievement of her mandated objectives. 32. With respect to country visits, before sending requests to the Governments concerned the Special Rapporteur will establish a number of indicators as a basis for the request, including implementation of effective programmes to prevent and combat the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and/or receipt of reliable reports of violations of children’s rights falling within the scope of her mandate. The main purpose of these country visits is to propose concrete programmes and/or amendments to existing programmes to the Governments concerned and, where appropriate, to those that could face similar situations, in order to better 8 See the revised draft presented to the fifteenth annual meeting of special rapporteurs/representatives, independent experts and chairpersons of working groups of the Human Rights Council, held in Geneva from 23 to 27 June 2008 (http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/special/annual_meetings/15th.htm). 9 10 Resolution 7/13, paras. 2 (d) and (e). See in particular Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1990/68 and 2001/75.