Rights of the child
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continue to pose a risk of harm to children should be prevented from working with
children;
(f) To protect children from all forms of violence or abuse in all settings by
all those who work with and for children, including in educational settings, in
alternative care and residential care settings, and in international development
activities and humanitarian relief work, as well as by government officials, such as
the police, law enforcement authorities, employees and officials in detention centres
or welfare institutions and health-care personnel;
(g) To establish and develop safe, well-publicized, confidential and accessible
mechanisms to enable children or their representatives to seek counselling, to report
violence against children and file complaints on incidents of violence and to ensure
that children have access to such mechanisms;
(h) To develop coherent and coordinated protection systems and to provide
universal access to quality comprehensive social, physical and mental health,
including sexual and reproductive health, and legal and counselling services for all
victims and survivors, to ensure their full recovery and reintegration into society, and
to strengthen social welfare systems and effective service delivery for children
affected by violence, in particular in the justice, education and health sectors;
(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 practices and all forms of sexual violence;
(j) To continue to promote and invest in education, including as a long -term
and lifelong process, by which everyone learns tolerance and respect for the dignity
of others and the means and methods of ensuring such respect in all societ ies;
(k) To accelerate efforts to scale up scientifically accurate age -appropriate
comprehensive education, relevant to cultural contexts, that provides adolescent girls
and boys, young women and men, in and out of school, consistent with their evolving
capacities, and with appropriate direction and guidance from parents and legal
guardians, with information on sexual and reproductive health, gender equality and
women’s empowerment, human rights, physical, psychological and pubertal
development and power in relationships between women and men, to enable them to
build self-esteem and informed decision-making, communication and risk reduction
skills and develop respectful relationships, in full partnership with young people,
parents, legal guardians, caregivers, educators and health-care providers in order to
protect them from violence;
36. Expresses concern at the persistent and growing challenges to eliminating
all forms of violence against children, and urges States to intensify their efforts in this
regard, and in particular:
(a) To adopt and strengthen, as appropriate, clear and comprehensive
measures, including, where required, legislation, that seek to prevent and protect
children from bullying and provide for safe and child -sensitive counselling and
reporting procedures and safeguards for the rights of affected children;
(b) To strengthen the capacities of schools in early detection and response to
prevent and respond to bullying, including cyberbullying, in particular initiatives to
mobilize support to prevent and address this phenomenon, and to ensure that children
are informed of any existing public policies to secure their protection;
(c) 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, and to work
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