A/HRC/34/27 Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the rights of the child ................................. 3 III. Lessons from the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals ................................... 4 IV. Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in a manner in which the rights of the child are realized ................................................................................................. 5 A. Cross-cutting commitments to equality and non-discrimination in the 2030 Agenda .......... 6 B. Sustainable Development Goals and targets ......................................................................... 6 C. Special measures to support national implementation of the 2030 Agenda in a manner in which the rights of the child are realized ............................................................. 10 Challenges to protecting child rights in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda ................ 12 A child rights-based approach to financing and investment in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda ........................................................................................................................... 12 Accountability for delivering on the 2030 Agenda and realizing the rights of the child ............... 14 A. Social accountability and the participation of stakeholders including children .................... 14 B. Creating safe and enabling environments to support engagement ........................................ 14 C. Strengthening accountability through input from existing rights monitoring mechanisms .......................................................................................................................... 15 Ensuring the accountability of all actors involved in partnerships for implementation of the 2030 Agenda ............................................................................................................... 15 A child rights-based approach to monitoring progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals ....................................................................................................................... 16 A. Counting the uncounted — strengthening birth registration and vital statistics ................... 16 B. Indicators .............................................................................................................................. 16 C. Applying a human rights-based approach throughout the monitoring and data-collection process .......................................................................................................... 17 Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................... 17 D. V. VI. D. VII. VIII. 2