A/HRC/RES/31/7 6. Further calls upon States to ensure that domestic legislation on data protection and privacy is in accordance with international human rights law and allows law enforcement, social welfare and judicial authorities to conduct effective and appropriate investigations and prosecutions to combat violations of the child victim’s right to privacy, according to which no one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, home or correspondence, and the right to the protection of the law against such interference, as set out in article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in respect of child sexual exploitation online and offline, and to raise awareness of the importance of activities and compliance with the law by private actors, notably those in the Internet industry, to strengthen those efforts; 7. Calls upon States, through increased cooperation among relevant State agencies, to remove obstacles to effective investigations of and prosecutions for child sexual abuse and exploitation online and offline by facilitating access by the competent law enforcement and judicial authorities to evidence of crimes committed across borders, including witness testimony and electronic information stored by Internet service providers and online platforms, and stresses that private actors should comply with the law enforcement measures taken in that respect; 8. Also calls upon States to ensure a clear and predictable legal and regulatory environment, which requires information and communications technology and other relevant industries to respect the rights of the child and which strengthens regulatory agencies’ responsibility for the development of standards for the protection of the rights of the child; 9. Further calls upon States to establish fast and effective procedures for the removal or blocking of child sexual abuse or pornographic materials involving children, including by adopting legislation and promoting self-regulatory frameworks for businesses, in accordance with national and international human rights laws and obligations, to aid the detection of crimes online, to report evidence thereof and to prevent the dissemination of child abuse material involving children, “child grooming” and other forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation online; 10. Urges States to strengthen international and regional cooperation among their law enforcement services, including through, inter alia, appropriate mutual legal assistance frameworks in criminal matters, and with the International Criminal Police Organization, and to ensure effective implementation of relevant international standards and the enforcement of the applicable legal framework on issues related to child sexual abuse and exploitation online and offline; 11. Calls upon States to promote international financial and technical cooperation in this area, to exchange best practices, investigation procedures, training and capacity-building in order to prevent, eradicate and mitigate child sexual abuse and exploitation online, and to promote the physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of victims; 12. Urges States to establish well-trained and well-resourced dedicated law enforcement investigative units in charge of investigating, pursuing and combating sexual and gender-based violence against children committed using information and communications technologies and child sexual exploitation online, or to strengthen such units if they already exist, and to provide them with adequate financial support and capacity-building and specialist training opportunities; 13. Calls upon States to develop a comprehensive, safe, inclusive and empowering approach to children’s online protection that is in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ensuring that the principles enshrined in the Convention, including 5