A/HRC/19/64 6. The mandate‘s second year was a key period to rally firm support to address persisting challenges, and speed up global progress towards a world free from violence. With this in mind, the Special Representative promoted regional consultations in South Asia, South America, Central and Eastern Europe, Central America and with the League of Arab States, and organized three expert consultations on critical topics, namely childsensitive mechanisms to address incidents of violence, law reform to secure children‘s protection from all forms of violence, and preventing and addressing violence against children in schools. The main conclusions and recommendations of the latter two meetings are addressed below. In early 2012, an expert consultation will be held on the protection from violence of children within the justice system. 7. As part of her advocacy and communication strategy, the Special Representative established a website3 to disseminate information on developments on children‘s protection from violence. The website is also a platform for networking amongst key partners and includes social media tools and a Children‘s Corner with child-friendly materials. 8. Within the overall framework of her priority agenda to promote progress in the development of national integrated strategies on violence against children; in the strengthening of children‘s legal protection from violence in all its forms; and in the consolidation of data and research on violence against children, in 2011 the Special Representative placed a particular emphasis on the promotion of the following strategic initiatives: (a) Moving towards the universal ratification of the Optional Protocols to the Convention, particularly to ensure children‘s protection from sale, prostitution and pornography; (b) Widening awareness and advocacy to prevent and address violence against children in schools, and in justice-related institutions; (c) Conducting a global survey to assess progress in the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against children; and (d) Consolidating the institutionalization of regional processes and governance structures in support of national efforts to prevent and eliminate violence against children 9. Within the United Nations system, the normative foundation of children‘s protection from violence was strengthened by the adoption by the General Assembly of the third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, and with the new International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Other critical contributions were the debate in the Human Rights Council on the rights of children working and living on the street, and the general comment adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the right of the child to freedom from violence. 10. At the regional level, strong political commitments were made, and governance structures established in support of the follow-up to the recommendations of the Study. In some cases, a roadmap and a monitoring mechanism are in place to capture change, disseminate good practices and galvanize national efforts. 11. These developments have been crucial to support States in national implementation efforts to consolidate children‘s protection from violence, including in the three priority areas identified by the Special Representative‘s mandate. 3 4 Available at http://srsg.violenceagainstchildren.org.