RES/7/13 Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

Human Rights Council

Resolution 7/13. Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

The Human Rights Council,

Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15

March 2006,

Recalling Council resolutions 5/1 on institution-building of the United Nations

Human Rights Council and 5/2 on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures

Mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the

mandate-holder shall discharge his/her duties in accordance with those resolutions and

the annexes thereto,

Recalling also all previous resolutions on the mandate on sale of children,

child prostitution and child pornography, especially Commission on Human Rights

resolution 1990/68 of 7 March 1990 and decision 2004/285 of the Economic and

Social Council of 22 July 2004,

Bearing in mind the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional

Protocols and other instruments relating to this mandate,

Deeply concerned about the persistence of the practices of sale of children,

child prostitution and child pornography in many parts of the world,

1. Welcomes the work and contributions of the Special Rapporteur on the

sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography;

2. Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for a period

of three years:

(a) To consider matters relating to the sale of children, child prostitution

and child pornography;

(b) To continue, through continuous and constructive dialogue with

Governments, intergovernmental organizations and civil society, including non-

governmental organizations concerned, the analysis of the root causes of sale of

children, child prostitution and child pornography, addressing all the contributing

factors, especially the demand factor;

(c) To identify and make concrete recommendations on preventing and

combating new patterns of sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography;

(d) To identify, exchange and promote best practices on measures to

combat the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography;

(e) To continue, in consultation with Governments, intergovernmental

organizations and civil society, including non-governmental organizations concerned,

his/her efforts to promote comprehensive strategies and measures on the prevention of

sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography;

(f) To make recommendations on the promotion and protection of human

rights of children actual or potential victims of sale, prostitution and pornography, as

well as on the aspects related to the rehabilitation of child victims of sexual

exploitation;

(g) To integrate a gender perspective throughout the work of his/her

mandate;

(h) To work in close coordination with other relevant bodies and

mechanisms of the United Nations, the Committee on the Rights of the Child and, in

particular, with other special procedures of the Council, such as the Special

Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children, the Special

Rapporteur on violence against women, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary

forms of slavery and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence

against children, bearing in mind their complementarity, in order to strengthen the

work for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms

while avoiding unnecessary duplication of efforts;

(i) To submit a report on the implementation of his/her mandate to the

Council in accordance with its annual programme of work;

3. Requests all Governments to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur in

the performance of the task and duties mandated, to furnish necessary information

requested in his/her communications and to react promptly to the Special

Rapporteur’s urgent appeals;

4. Encourages all Governments to respond favourably to the requests of

the Special Rapporteur to visit their countries so as to enable him/her to fulfil the

mandate effectively;

5. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High

Commissioner for Human Rights to provide all the human, technical and financial

assistance to the Special Rapporteur necessary for the effective fulfilment of his/her

mandate;

6. Decides to continue the consideration of this question in accordance

with its programme of work.

40th meeting 27 March 2008

Adopted without a vote.