Rights of the child
A/RES/68/147
remedy and to take effective measures against the criminalization of children who
are victims of exploitation;
(b) To enact and enforce necessary legislative or other measures, in
cooperation with relevant stakeholders, to prevent the distribution over the Internet
and in all other media of pornography that exploits children, ensuring that adequate
mechanisms are in place to enable the reporting and removal of such material and
that its creators, distributors and collectors are prosecuted, as appropriate;
(c) To ensure the prosecution and punishment of offenders, whether local or
foreign, by the competent national authorities, either in the country in which the
crime was committed, in the country of which the offender is a national or resident,
in the country of which the victim is a national or on any other basis permitted
under domestic law, and for these purposes to afford one another the greatest
measure of assistance and the necessary collaboration for prevention, detection,
investigations or criminal or extradition proceedings;
(d) To increase cooperation at all levels to prevent and dismantle networks
trafficking in or selling children and their organs and, for those States that have not
yet done so, to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the Protocol to Prevent,
Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children,
supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized
Crime; 8
(e) In cases of trafficking in children, the sale of children, child prostitution,
child pornography and child sex tourism, to address effectively the needs of victims,
including their safety, legal assistance and protection, physical and psychological
recovery and full reintegration into society, paying particular attention to their
gender-specific needs, including through bilateral and multilateral technical
cooperation and financial assistance;
(f) To combat the existence of a market that encourages such criminal
practices against children, including through the adoption, effective application and
enforcement of preventive, rehabilitative and punitive measures targeting customers
or individuals who sexually exploit or sexually abuse children;
(g) To give priority to the identification of norms and standards on the
responsibilities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises,
particularly those involved in information and communications technologies, related
to respect for the rights of children, including the right to be protected from sexual
abuse and exploitation, particularly in the virtual realm, as set out in the relevant
legal instruments, and to outline basic measures to be taken for implementation;
(h) To mobilize public awareness, involving families and communities, with
the participation of children, concerning the protection of children against all forms
of sexual exploitation and abuse;
(i) To contribute to the prevention and elimination of the sale of children,
child prostitution and child pornography by adopting a holistic approach, addressing
the contributing factors, including underdevelopment, poverty, economic disparities,
inequitable socioeconomic structures, dysfunctional families, lack of education,
urban-rural migration, gender discrimination, criminal or irresponsible adult sexual
behaviour, child sex tourism, organized crime, armed conflicts and trafficking in
children;
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