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52. Condemns all forms of violence against children, including physical,
mental, psychological and sexual violence, torture and other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment, child abuse and exploitation, hostage-taking, domestic
violence, trafficking in or sale of children and their organs, paedophilia, child
prostitution, child pornography, child sex tourism, gang-related violence, bullying
and harmful traditional practices, and urges States to strengthen efforts to prevent
and protect children from all such violence through a comprehensive approach and
to develop a multifaceted and systematic framework, which is integrated into
national planning processes, to respond to violence against children;
53. Also condemns all kinds of abduction of children, in particular extortive
abduction and abduction of children in situations of armed conflict, including for
the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts, and urges States to take all
appropriate measures to secure their unconditional release, rehabilitation,
reintegration and reunification with their families;
54. Urges all States to strengthen international cooperation and mutual
assistance to prevent and protect children from all forms of violence and to end
impunity for crimes against children;
55. Recognizes the contribution of the International Criminal Court in ending
impunity for the most serious crimes against children, including genocide, crimes
against humanity and war crimes, and calls upon States not to grant amnesties for
such crimes;
56. Acknowledges the contributions of the international criminal tribunals
and special courts in ending impunity for the most serious crimes against children,
including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes;
57.
Urges all States:
(a) To take effective and appropriate legislative and other measures or,
where they exist, strengthen legislation to prohibit and eliminate all forms of
violence against children;
(b) To consider taking appropriate measures to assert the right of children to
respect for their human dignity and physical integrity and to prohibit and eliminate
any emotional or physical violence or any other humiliating or degrading treatment;
(c) To give priority attention to the prevention of all forms of violence
against children and to addressing its underlying causes, through a systematic,
comprehensive and multifaceted approach;
(d) To protect children from all forms of violence or abuse by all those who
work with and for children, including in educational settings, as well as by
government officials, such as the police, law enforcement authorities and employees
and officials in detention centres or welfare institutions;
(e) To end impunity for perpetrators of crimes against children, investigate
and prosecute such acts of violence and impose appropriate penalties;
(f) To recognize that persons convicted of violent offences against and
sexual abuse of children who continue to pose a risk of harm to children should be
prevented from working with children;
(g) To actively engage with children and respect their views in all aspects of
prevention, response and monitoring of violence against them, taking into account
article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child;2
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