A/HRC/28/56
1.
At the national level
87.
The Special Rapporteur invites all States to:
(a)
Ratify all relevant regional and international instruments, and establish
clear and comprehensive legal frameworks which take account of technological
advancements, in particular, by adopting laws that prohibit all forms of sale and
sexual exploitation of children online, and criminalize accessing child pornography,
making child pornography available, grooming, the viewing of online streaming of
child abuse, the advertising of the sale of children and the facilitation of child
prostitution, including the creation or maintaining of websites which prostitute the
child;
(b)
Ensure that national legislation does not criminalize child victims of
sexual abuse and exploitation;
(c)
Support the creation and maintenance of helplines and hotlines to report
child sexual abuse and exploitation;
(d)
Ensure easy access to child-sensitive justice complaints and reporting
mechanisms;
(e)
Ensure and strengthen capacity-building and specialist training of
relevant professionals to identify and address the crimes of sale and sexual
exploitation of children facilitated by new technologies, and foster child-sensitive
approaches when dealing with child victims;
(f)
Ensure that children who are required to participate in criminal justice
proceedings are given appropriate support and counselling to assist them at all stages
of proceedings;
(g)
Ensure access to remedy of child victims, including assistance to seek
prompt and appropriate reparation for the harm suffered, through State
compensation where appropriate;
(h)
Conduct research to identify child victims and potential victims of online
sexual abuse and exploitation, taking into account all forms of sexual exploitation and
gender and age profiles of victims and offenders, in order to obtain a comprehensive
picture of the phenomena and the risks faced by children;
(i)
Establish a reliable and standard information system on the phenomena;
(j)
Involve and empower children and youth through the use of new
technologies and social media, encouraging them to share ideas and knowledge of
exploitative behaviours and ways to stop them, and to report suspicious behaviour,
and taking their proposals into consideration in prevention and protection strategies.
2.
At the international level
88.
The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to establish a
coordinated global response, by:
(a)
Establishing a comprehensive and global legal framework preventing,
prohibiting and protecting children from sale and sexual exploitation online;
(b)
Sharing and updating information related to child victims and offenders,
and obtaining digital evidence to effectively investigate and prosecute perpetrators
and criminal networks responsible for the sale and sexual exploitation of children;
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