Human Rights Council
Resolution 7/13.
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography
The Human Rights Council,
Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15
March 2006,
Recalling Council resolutions 5/1 on institution-building of the United Nations
Human Rights Council and 5/2 on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures
Mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the
mandate-holder shall discharge his/her duties in accordance with those resolutions and
the annexes thereto,
Recalling also all previous resolutions on the mandate on sale of children,
child prostitution and child pornography, especially Commission on Human Rights
resolution 1990/68 of 7 March 1990 and decision 2004/285 of the Economic and
Social Council of 22 July 2004,
Bearing in mind the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional
Protocols and other instruments relating to this mandate,
Deeply concerned about the persistence of the practices of sale of children,
child prostitution and child pornography in many parts of the world,
1.
Welcomes the work and contributions of the Special Rapporteur on the
sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography;
2.
Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for a period
of three years:
(a)
To consider matters relating to the sale of children, child prostitution
and child pornography;
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