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non-discrimination, the best interests of the child, survival and development and children’s
right to express their views in matters affecting them, are meaningfully implemented;
14.
Urges States to provide for effective remedies, recovery and reintegration,
including through integrated child- and gender-sensitive and child-friendly complaints and
reporting mechanisms, services and programmes for child victims of sexual abuse and
exploitation, to mitigate the harm caused to them, and to prevent secondary victimization
while ensuring the right of the child to be heard, including in any administrative or judicial
proceeding affecting him or her, in a manner consistent with the procedural rules of
national law;
15.
Encourages States to develop and strengthen the collection, analysis and
dissemination of data, as appropriate, on online and offline sexual abuse and exploitation,
disaggregated by, inter alia, age, sex, family income and other relevant factors, as an
integral part of States’ efforts to prevent and respond to this abuse;
16.
Calls upon States to adopt and enable all necessary administrative and legal
measures to guarantee the rights to privacy, provide protection, safety and adequate
information for all children involved in ongoing criminal investigations and or judicial
proceedings before, during and after such investigations and proceedings;
17.
Also calls upon States to adopt and implement sustained and inclusive childempowering non-formal and formal education programmes, providing children, parents,
caregivers, teachers and other professionals working with children with basic skills relating
to media and information literacy, notably information and training on the online
environment, its safe use, benefits and risks, in order to increase their awareness and
capacity to adopt online coping strategies, and to support children’s resilience, including by
involving children, former victims, relevant non-governmental organizations and relevant
industries;
18.
Further calls upon States to develop initiatives and programmes using
information and communications technologies, including mobile telephone and social
media, to inform children of their rights, the risks of sexual abuse and exploitation and
coping strategies, including by implementing timely alert mechanisms, while taking into
account the challenges faced by children with disabilities in that regard;
19.
Urges States to establish widely available, easily accessible, child- and
gender-sensitive and confidential counselling, reporting and complaints mechanisms for
children, such as child helplines, to report inappropriate interactions and violence
encountered online and to protect children;
20.
Encourages the participation of children in the development and
implementation of policies, programmes and other initiatives aimed at promoting the rights
of the child, in particular those preventing and combating child sexual abuse and
exploitation online and offline;
21.
Encourages States to build and strengthen multi-stakeholder platforms with
the participation of Governments, civil society and representatives of industry, in particular
with the information and communications technology sector, the tourism and travel
industry and the banking and finance sectors, with a view to promoting private partners’
participation in the elaboration and implementation of policies to empower and inform
children, prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation online and offline, which would
include preventive safety and quality alert measures;
22.
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 day of discussion on the theme
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