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October, the Special Rapporteur participated at a session on cybercrime and children during
the Law, Justice and Development Week of the World Bank in Washington, D.C. On 30
October, she gave a keynote speech in London at the Seventh International Consultation of
Child Helplines. On 4 November, she attended the event on the thirtieth anniversary of the
adoption of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment, organized in Geneva by the Committee against Torture.
6.
On 20 November, the Special Rapporteur addressed the General Assembly highlevel meeting on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the
Rights of the Child and participated in a high-level panel discussion on the Convention on
the Rights of the Child organized by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on
Violence against Children. On 24 November, the Special Rapporteur participated at the
event on children on the move and information and communication technologies organized
in Stockholm by Save the Children. On 2 December, she participated at the International
Assembly of End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for
Sexual Purposes (ECPAT International) in Paris. On 10 December, she participated at the
opening of the Children Online Global Summit to tackle online child sexual exploitation
organized in London by the Home Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland.
7.
Since her appointment, the Special Rapporteur has conducted four working visits to
Geneva and two working visits to New York, where she held initial consultations with
many stakeholders relevant to her mandate, including the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for Violence against Children, the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, the United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations
Population Fund, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of
Women (UN-Women), the International Telecommunication Union, the Committee on the
Rights of the Child, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its
causes and consequences, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially
women and children, the Trustee of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on
Contemporary Forms of Slavery and various non-governmental organizations.1
2.
Communications
8.
Summaries of communications sent and replies received during the period covered
by the present report appear in the communications reports of special procedures
(A/HRC/25/74 and A/HRC/26/21).
III. Mandate on the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography
A.
Approach and scope
9.
As reported to the General Assembly (A/69/262, paras. 8–20), the Special
Rapporteur intends to ensure the continuity of the work of her predecessors. At the same
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International Catholic Child Bureau, Caritas Internationalis, Casa Alianza Suisse, Child Rights
Connect, Child Rights Information Network, Defence for Children International, ECPAT,
International Dalit Solidarity Network, Oak Foundation, Plan International, Save the Children, Terre
des Hommes Federation Internationale, Under the Same Sun Fund and World Vision International.
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