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(d) To protect children from all forms of violence or abuse by government
officials, such as the police, law enforcement authorities and employees and
officials in detention centres or welfare institutions;
(e) To take measures to protect children from all forms of physical and
mental violence and abuse in schools, including by using non-violent teaching and
learning strategies and adopting classroom management and disciplinary measures
that are not based on any form of cruel or degrading punishment, and to establish
complaint mechanisms that are age- and gender-appropriate and accessible to
children, taking into account children’s evolving capacities and the importance of
respecting their views;
(f) To take measures to promote constructive and positive forms of
discipline and child development approaches in all settings, including the home,
schools and other educational settings and throughout care and justice systems;
(g) To take measures to ensure that all those who work with and for children
protect children from bullying and implement preventive and anti-bullying policies;
(h) To address the gender dimension of all forms of violence against children
and incorporate a gender perspective in all policies adopted and actions taken to
protect children against all forms of violence;
(i) To ensure national research and documentation to identify vulnerable
groups of children, inform policy and programmes at all levels and track progress
and best practices towards preventing all forms of violence against children;
(j) 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;
18. 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;
19. Calls upon the relevant organizations of the United Nations system, in
particular the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the
International Labour Organization, the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Division for
the Advancement of Women of the Secretariat, to explore ways and means, within
their respective mandates, by which they can contribute more effectively to
addressing the need to prevent and to respond to all forms of violence against
children;
Non-discrimination
20. Calls upon all States to ensure the enjoyment by children of all their
civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights without discrimination of any
kind;
21. Notes with concern the large number of children who are victims of
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, stresses the need
to incorporate special measures, in accordance with the principle of the best
interests of the child and respect for his or her views, in programmes to combat
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