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• By 2011, # of States with a nodal agency with primary responsibility for the protection of
children against violence which has assumed a key coordinating and monitoring role
including budgeting and allocation of resources
• # of states with adequate funding and human resources to implement the national strategy
and plan of action
3.3
Objective 3: Legislative Measures
By 2015, all States have developed and are enforcing national legislative measures to
prevent, prohibit and eliminate all forms of violence against children in all settings
including in the families, in schools, in communities, workplaces, institutions and
emergency situations and brought national laws, bylaws, policies, regulations, plans and
programmes in line with the UNCRC and other International and Regional legal
instruments and agreements.
Indicators:
• # of States conducting a consolidated review which identifies gaps and proposes
recommendations on national policies, legislations and practices to address violence
• # of States who have adopted legislation to end all forms of violence against children in
all settings including prohibiting all forms of sexual violence and abuse, corruption of
children and solicitation of children for sexual purposes, prohibiting corporal punishment
and all other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of children, both
physical and psychological, prohibiting all harmful traditional and customary practices,
such as early and forces marriage, honour killings and bondage, prohibiting exposure of
children to violent and harmful content, irrespective of its origin and through any medium,
prohibiting female feticide and child sacrifices and prohibiting all forms of exploitation of
children through the use of new technologies.
• # of States who are enforcing legislation that bans violence against children
• # of States where perpetrators are held accountable in a court of law for their crimes and
punished according to law and in the best interests of the child
• # of States where national laws obligate the respect of the right of the child to be heard
and to attribute due weight to children‘s views
# of States where birth registration is mandatory and free of cost and can be done by
mothers
• # of States that have free and compulsory education
3.4
Objective 4: Prevention
By 2015, all States have measures in place to prevent all forms of violence against children
in all settings, which address underlying causes as well as more immediate risk and
protective factors
Indicators:
• # of States that have mechanisms in place to identify risk factors as well as children and
families at risk
• # of States that have allocated adequate resources to address risk factors in order to
prevent violence against children
• # of States that have legislation and policies in place that address gender and other
inequalities such as those based upon national or social origin, language, religion, and
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