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time, she will explore new directions in which to develop the mandate based on her vision
and interaction with stakeholders concerned. She will take a consultative and participatory
approach in the implementation of her mandate, and will engage in constructive dialogue
with Member States and relevant partners. Her intention is to act as a facilitator of actionoriented dialogue among key stakeholders.
10.
The Special Rapporteur will adopt a child-centred approach in the implementation of
her mandate. All activities will be developed incorporating the principles and rights
enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Children will be treated as rights
holders, and not as passive recipients, victims or dependants. The Special Rapporteur will
use child participation mechanisms to establish a direct relationship with children to take
into account their suggestions in an effective and meaningful way. She will integrate a
gender perspective into her work, taking into account the different needs and opportunities
of boys and girls through, inter alia, the collection and analysis of disaggregated data and
the proposal of gender-specific recommendations.
11.
The Special Rapporteur intends to work in close coordination with various United
Nations partners who deal with violations affecting children, in particular, the Committee
on the Rights of the Child and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on
Violence against Children. She also intends to ensure complementarity with the special
procedures mandate holders who address cross-cutting issues of concern. She will deploy
efforts to mainstream the protection of children’s rights within the special procedures
system. The Special Rapporteur also aims at strengthening cooperation with regional
mechanisms, such as the Special Rapporteur on Child Marriage of the African Union and
the Rapporteur on the Rights of the Child of the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights. In addition, she will advocate the establishment of a permanent regional mechanism
for the protection of children’s rights in Asia and the Pacific.
12.
The scope of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur is determined by the resolutions
on the establishment and renewal of the mandate, in particular Commission on Human
Rights resolution 1990/68 and Human Rights Council resolution 7/13. The Special
Rapporteur will continue to analyse the root causes of the sale and sexual exploitation of
children; address all the contributing factors, including demand; make recommendations on
preventing and combating new patterns of the phenomena; identify and promote good
practices on measures to combat them; promote comprehensive prevention strategies; and
make recommendations on aspects relating to the rehabilitation of child victims.
B.
Methods of work
13.
For the strategic implementation of her mandate, the Special Rapporteur intends to
maximize the potential of established methods of work of the special procedures system
(see A/69/262, paras. 21–37). She will continue to take a holistic approach towards
effectively combating the sale and sexual exploitation of children. That involves promoting
the implementation of comprehensive strategies aimed at the establishment of rights-based
national child protection systems. She will aim to propose specific and action-oriented
recommendations, and promote good practices.
14.
The Special Rapporteur will determine her thematic priorities based on the gaps and
needs identified in relation to issues of concern covered by her mandate. Through her
country visits, the Special Rapporteur intends to assist States in better preventing and
combating the sale and sexual exploitation of children, and to enhance the preventive role
of the special procedures system by highlighting situations that have the potential to
degenerate into gross human rights violations. The Special Rapporteur intends to react to
information on allegations of individual violations and human rights concerns regarding
legislation, policies and practices that fall within the scope of her mandate through
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