A/HRC/19/64 • By 2011, # of States with a nodal agency with primary responsibility for the protection of children against violence which has assumed a key coordinating and monitoring role including budgeting and allocation of resources • # of states with adequate funding and human resources to implement the national strategy and plan of action 3.3 Objective 3: Legislative Measures By 2015, all States have developed and are enforcing national legislative measures to prevent, prohibit and eliminate all forms of violence against children in all settings including in the families, in schools, in communities, workplaces, institutions and emergency situations and brought national laws, bylaws, policies, regulations, plans and programmes in line with the UNCRC and other International and Regional legal instruments and agreements. Indicators: • # of States conducting a consolidated review which identifies gaps and proposes recommendations on national policies, legislations and practices to address violence • # of States who have adopted legislation to end all forms of violence against children in all settings including prohibiting all forms of sexual violence and abuse, corruption of children and solicitation of children for sexual purposes, prohibiting corporal punishment and all other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of children, both physical and psychological, prohibiting all harmful traditional and customary practices, such as early and forces marriage, honour killings and bondage, prohibiting exposure of children to violent and harmful content, irrespective of its origin and through any medium, prohibiting female feticide and child sacrifices and prohibiting all forms of exploitation of children through the use of new technologies. • # of States who are enforcing legislation that bans violence against children • # of States where perpetrators are held accountable in a court of law for their crimes and punished according to law and in the best interests of the child • # of States where national laws obligate the respect of the right of the child to be heard and to attribute due weight to children‘s views # of States where birth registration is mandatory and free of cost and can be done by mothers • # of States that have free and compulsory education 3.4 Objective 4: Prevention By 2015, all States have measures in place to prevent all forms of violence against children in all settings, which address underlying causes as well as more immediate risk and protective factors Indicators: • # of States that have mechanisms in place to identify risk factors as well as children and families at risk • # of States that have allocated adequate resources to address risk factors in order to prevent violence against children • # of States that have legislation and policies in place that address gender and other inequalities such as those based upon national or social origin, language, religion, and 49

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