A/HRC/RES/34/16 pre-primary education in safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments, as well as eliminating gender disparities in education; (d) Protecting children from all forms of discrimination and eliminating all forms of violence against children in all settings, including torture of children, maltreatment, neglect, sale, abuse, exploitation, trafficking, sexual and other types of exploitation, securing the eradication of forced labour and the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including unlawful recruitment and use of child soldiers, and putting an end to child labour in all its forms and the recruitment of children by organized criminal groups, ensuring that all children have equal access to justice and accountable and transparent institutions, and providing legal identity documents, including birth certificates, to all children; (e) Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all young women and girls by ending all forms of discrimination and violence against them in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation, and eliminating all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation, including by attaining all Goals and targets related to Goal 5; 23. Calls upon States to provide human rights education, and to promote children’s empowerment and participation, as a means of preventing and counteracting violence, exploitation and abuse of children; 24. Recognizes that poverty, inequality, global health threats, natural disasters, humanitarian emergencies and forced displacement, as well as violence, spiralling armed conflict and terrorism, threaten to reverse much of the development progress made, and that natural resource depletion, food and water scarcity and the adverse impact of environmental degradation, climate change and urban development pose additional challenges, and therefore calls upon States, as appropriate, to take further effective measures and actions, in conformity with international law, to remove obstacles and constraints, and to strengthen support to meeting the special needs of children, in particular the most vulnerable, with a view to provide all children with a nurturing environment for the full realization of their rights and capabilities; III. Mainstreaming the rights of the child in the implementation of the Agenda 2030 25. Affirms the commitment to integrate effectively the rights of the child in its work, and in that of its mechanisms, in a regular, systematic and transparent manner, taking into account the 2030 Agenda, and the specific needs of boys and girls, including those in vulnerable situations, those who are marginalized and those who face stigmatization, discrimination or exclusion; 26. Encourages the special procedures and other human rights mechanisms of the Human Rights Council to continue to integrate a child rights perspective into the implementation of their mandates and to include in their reports information, qualitative analysis and recommendations on child rights, including on progress and gaps in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda; 27. Invites all human rights treaty bodies to integrate the rights of the child into their work, particularly in their concluding observations, general comments and recommendations, giving full consideration to the promotion and protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda; IV. Follow-up 28. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to contribute to the work of the high-level political forum on sustainable development, in 7