A/HRC/31/58 2. Follow-up to previous thematic reports 8. As follow-up to her thematic report on information and communications technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children,3 the Special Rapporteur participated in several events and meetings. On 9 March 2015, during the twenty-eighth session of the Human Rights Council, she organized a side event with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children on information and communications technologies, and the sale and sexual exploitation of children. 9. On 30 September 2015, she attended an event hosted by the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union in the context of the tenth meeting of the Council Working Group on Child Online Protection, and had several bilateral discussions. 10. On 16 and 17 November 2015, the Special Rapporteur participated in and spoke at the second #WePROTECT summit, held in the United Arab Emirates. She has been an active observer of the International Advisory Board of the #WePROTECT initiative and participated in several meetings in order to ensure that a child rights perspective was incorporated in the initiative. 11. In follow up to her study on the care, recovery and reintegration of child victims of sale and sexual exploitation,4 the Special Rapporteur offered to conduct a joint technical visit to Nigeria with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and its consequences, and the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. 3. Communications 12. Summaries of communications sent and replies received between 1 March and 31 October 2015 appear in the communications reports of special procedures to the Human Rights Council. The Special Rapporteur sent six communications during the period covered by the present report, addressing issues such as child marriage, the sale of children, the sexual exploitation of children and the production of child sexual abuse material. III. Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children A. Objective and methodology 13. Building upon the work of one of her predecessors,5 the Special Rapporteur aims in the present report to address the demand for the sexual exploitation of children. In her previous thematic study, the Special Rapporteur focused on child victims and their right to care, recovery and reintegration. In the present report, she has chosen to address the opposite end of the issue, namely the perpetrators. The report seeks to recall the obligation of Member States to address effectively the demand factor as well as to share good practices and recommendations that will contribute to the eradication of the sexual exploitation of children through prevention, accountability and rehabilitation measures. Significant progress has been achieved in the research on the underlying causes of sexual exploitation of children, yet there are still significant gaps in understanding offenders and how to reduce the demand for such abhorrent crimes. 3 4 5 4 A/HRC/28/56. A/70/222. See E/CN.4/2006/67.