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(h) 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;
(i) To strive to change attitudes that condone or normalize any form of
violence against children, including cruel, inhuman or degrading forms of
discipline, harmful traditional practices and all forms of sexual violence;
(j) 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;
(k) 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;
(l) To establish and develop safe, well-publicized, confidential and
accessible mechanisms to enable children, their representatives and others to report
violence against children as well as to file complaints in cases of violence against
children;
(m) 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, acknowledging that girls and boys
face varying risks from different forms of violence at different ages and in different
situations, and in this context recalls the agreed conclusions on the elimination of all
forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child adopted by the
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(n) To further develop the capacity of all those who work with and for
children and families to contribute to the elimination of all forms of violence against
children, by investing in systematic education and training programmes, both initial
and in-service, on preventing, detecting and responding to violence against children;
norms, such as guidelines or codes of conduct, incorporating the rejection of all
forms of violence against children, should be formulated and implemented;
(o) To ensure that all victims of violence have access to appropriate childsensitive health and social services; special attention should be paid to the genderspecific needs of girls and boys who are victims of violence;
58. Requests the Secretary-General to appoint for a period of three years a
Special Representative on violence against children, at the highest possible level,
after which time the mandate should be evaluated, including with regard to its
funding, and ensure that the necessary support is made available to the Special
Representative for the effective and independent performance of his/her mandate,
encourages the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization and the
International Labour Organization to cooperate with and provide support to the
Special Representative, including financial support, and calls upon States and
institutions concerned, and invites the private sector, to provide voluntary
contributions for that purpose;
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See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2007, Supplement No. 7 (E/2007/27), chap. I,
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