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(e) To strengthen international cooperation and mutual assistance to end
impunity for crimes against children;
16. 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;
Non-discrimination
17. 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;
18. 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
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and calls upon
States to provide special support and ensure equal access to services for all children;
19. Calls upon States to take all necessary measures, including legal reforms
where appropriate, to eliminate all forms of discrimination against girls and all
forms of violence, including female infanticide and prenatal sex selection, rape,
sexual abuse and harmful traditional or customary practices, including female
genital mutilation, marriage without the free and full consent of the intending
spouses, early marriage and forced sterilization, by enacting and enforcing
legislation and by formulating, where appropriate, comprehensive, multidisciplinary
and coordinated national plans, programmes or strategies to protect girls;
20. Also calls upon States to take the necessary measures to ensure the full
and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by children with
disabilities in both the public and the private spheres, including access to good
quality education and health care and protection from violence, abuse and neglect,
and to develop and, where it already exists, to enforce legislation to prohibit
discrimination against them in order to ensure their inherent dignity, promote their
self-reliance and facilitate their active participation and integration in the
community, taking into account the particularly difficult situation of children with
disabilities living in poverty;
Promoting and protecting the rights of children, including children in particularly
difficult situations
21. Calls upon all States to prevent violations of the rights of children
working and/or living on the street, including discrimination, arbitrary detention and
extrajudicial, arbitrary or summary executions, torture, and all kinds of violence and
exploitation, and to bring the perpetrators to justice, to adopt and implement policies
for the protection, social and psychosocial rehabilitation and reintegration of those
children and to adopt economic, social and educational strategies to address the
problems of children working and/or living on the street;
22. Also calls upon all States to protect refugee, asylum-seeking and
internally displaced children, in particular those who are unaccompanied, who are
particularly exposed to risks in connection with armed conflict, such as recruitment,
sexual violence and exploitation, stressing the need for States as well as the
international community to continue to pay more systematic and in-depth attention
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