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consultation with relevant stakeholders, including the United Nations Children’s Fund,
other relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General on Violence against Children and the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, relevant special procedure mandate
holders, regional organizations and human rights bodies, and civil society, particularly by
providing inputs from a child rights perspective to the yearly thematic reviews of progress
at the forum, focusing on achievements and challenges, taking into account the
implementation of recommendations contained in previous Human Rights Council
resolutions on the rights of the child;
29.
Decides to continue its consideration of the question of the rights of the child
in accordance with its programme of work and its resolutions 7/29 of 28 March 2008 and
19/37 of 23 March 2012, and to focus its next annual full-day meeting on the theme of
“Protecting the rights of the child in humanitarian situations”, and requests the High
Commissioner to prepare a report on that theme, in close cooperation with all relevant
stakeholders, including States, the United Nations Children’s Fund, other relevant United
Nations bodies and agencies, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on
Violence against Children and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for
Children and Armed Conflict, relevant special procedure mandate holders, regional
organizations and human rights bodies, national human rights institutions and civil society,
including children themselves, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its thirtyseventh session with a view to providing information for the annual day of discussion on
the rights of the child;
30.
Welcomes the appointment of an independent expert to lead the work on a
new in-depth global study on the situation of children deprived of liberty, encourages
Member States and United Nations agencies, funds, programmes and offices, and other
relevant stakeholders, to support its preparation, and recognizes that the study can support
the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and the pledge to leave no one behind;
V.
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography
31.
Also welcomes the work and contribution of the Special Rapporteur on the
sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and decides to extend her
mandate, in accordance with its resolution 7/13, for a period of three years, as Special
Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution,
child pornography and other child sexual abuse material;
32.
Requests the Special Rapporteur to participate in relevant international
forums and major events relating to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, to advise
States, intergovernmental organizations, civil society and other stakeholders on effective
and sustainable practices to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of child victims of
sale and sexual exploitation in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and to undertake, in
cooperation with relevant special procedures and actors of the United Nations system,
thematic research on the effective implementation of Goals 16, 8 and 5, with particular
focus on targets 16.2, 8.7 and 5.3, in accordance with her mandate;
33.
Also requests the Special Rapporteur to continue to report annually on the
implementation of the mandate to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, in
accordance with their respective programmes of work, making suggestions and
recommendations on the prevention of the sale and sexual exploitation of children and on
the rehabilitation of child victims;
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