Rights of the child
A/RES/68/147
8.
Requests all relevant organs and mechanisms of the United Nations
system to systematically incorporate a strong child rights perspective throughout all
activities in the fulfilment of their mandates, as well as to ensure that their staff are
trained in child rights matters, and calls upon States to continue to cooperate closely
with all those organs and mechanisms;
9.
Encourages States to strengthen their national statistical capacities and to
use statistics disaggregated, inter alia, by age, sex and other relevant factors to
enable the identification of discrimination and/or disparities and other statistical
indicators at the national, subregional, regional and international levels so as to
develop and assess social policies and programmes for the full realization of the
rights of the child;
10. Expresses its concern that children with disabilities, particularly girls, are
often at greater risk, both within and outside the home, of physical or mental
violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment and maltreatment or
exploitation, including sexual abuse;
II
Promotion and protection of the rights of the child
and non-discrimination against children
Non-discrimination
11.
Calls upon all States:
(a) To ensure the enjoyment by all children of all their civil, political,
cultural, economic and social rights without discrimination of any kind;
(b) To incorporate special measures in formal and non-formal education and
other programmes to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance affecting children;
(c) To take all necessary and effective measures to prevent and 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, child, early and forced
marriage and forced sterilization, by enacting and enforcing legislation and, where
appropriate, by formulating comprehensive, multidisciplinary and coordinated
national plans, programmes or strategies to protect girls, as well as by promoting
awareness-raising and social mobilization initiatives for the protection of their
rights;
(d) To ensure the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental
freedoms by children with disabilities on an equal basis with other children, inter
alia, by integrating the rights of children with disabilities into policies and
programmes affecting children, including their rights to education, to the highest
attainable standard of physical and mental health, including sexual and reproductive
health, and to protection from violence, abuse and neglect; to develop and enforce
legislation aiming at their maximum inclusion in society, without discrimination,
taking into account that children with disabilities may be subject to multiple or
aggravated forms of discrimination and segregation; and to take into account the
conclusions included in the outcome document of the high-level meeting of the
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