Resources

Other United Nations mechanisms

• Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
• Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
• Committee on the Rights of the Child
• OHCHR and children
• Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children 
• Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict
• UNICEF Child protection
• International Labour Organization

International and regional bodies

• Office of the Rapporteur on the Rights of the Child of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 

International initiatives

• Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children
• Stockholm Declaration and Agenda for Action of the 1st World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (1996)
• Yokohama Global Commitment (2001) 
• Rio de Janeiro Declaration and Call for Action to Prevent and Stop the Sexual Exploitation of children and adolescents (2008) 
• Global Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Online
• Virtual Global Taskforce
• #WePROTECT

Non-governmental organizations

• Caritas Internationalis
• Child Helpline International
• Child Rights Connect
• Child Rights Information Network
• Consortium for Street Children
• Defence for Children International
• ECPAT
• European Network of Ombudspersons for Children
• INHOPE Foundation
• International Catholic Child Bureau
• Oak Foundation
• Plan International
• Save the Children
• SOS Children’s Villages International
• Terre des Hommes Fédération Internationale
• World Vision International

Side events

Tackling illegal adoptions and addressing the rights of victims
(8 March 2017 – 34^th session of the HRC)

Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children
(7 March 2016 – 31^st session of the HRC)

A call for an empowering, inclusive and safe digital environment for children
(9 March 2015 – 28^th session of the HRC)

Protection of children from sexual exploitation in the context of major sports events
(11 March 2014 – 25^th session of the HRC)

Transnational cooperation and corporate social responsibility: enablers for protection of children from sexual exploitation in travel and tourism
(6 March 2013 – 22^nd session of the HRC)

Protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters (PDF)
(8 March 2012 – 19^th session of the HRC)

Guidelines

Guidelines for Industry on Child Online Protection

Terminology Guidelines for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse

Information about the mandate for children

Child-friendly booklet on the mandate
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Child-Fact sheet on the mandate
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