CRC/C/GC/13
(a)
Human resources: improved communication, cooperation and individual
exchange within and between professional associations (for example medical, mental
health, social work, legal, education, child maltreatment, academic/research, child rights
and training organizations/institutions); improved communication and cooperation within
and between civil society groups (for example research communities, NGOs, child-led
organizations, faith-based organizations, organizations of persons with disabilities,
community and youth groups, and individual experts involved in the development and
exchange of knowledge and practice);
(b)
Financial resources: improved coordination, monitoring and evaluation of
donor aid; further development of financial and human capital analyses in order for
economists, researchers and States parties to fully measure the costs of implementing
holistic child protection systems (with an emphasis on primary prevention) versus the costs
of managing the direct and indirect (including intergenerational) impact of violence at the
individual, community, national and even international levels; and reviews by international
financial institutions of “their policies and activities to take account of the impact they may
have on children”; 28
(c)
Technical resources: evidence-based indicators, systems, models (including
model legislation), tools, guidelines, protocols and practice standards for use by
communities and professionals, with guidance on their adaptation to different contexts; a
platform for systematic sharing and accessing of information (knowledge and practice);
universally established clarity and transparency in budgeting for child rights and child
protection, as well as in outcome monitoring of child protection during up and down cycles
of economies and challenging circumstances (technical assistance should be established
over time, through information, models and related training).
76.
Regional and international cross-border cooperation. In addition to development
assistance, cooperation is also needed to address child protection issues which cut across
national borders such as: cross-border movement of children – either unaccompanied or
with their families – either voluntarily or under duress (for example due to conflict, famine,
natural disasters or epidemics) which can put children at risk of harm; cross-border
trafficking of children for labour, sexual exploitation, adoption, removal of body parts or
other purposes; conflict which cuts across borders and which may compromise a child’s
safety and access to protection systems, even if the child remains in the country of origin;
and disasters that impact several countries simultaneously. Specific legislation, policies,
programmes and partnerships may be required to protect children affected by cross-border
child protection issues (for example cybercrime and extraterritorial prosecution of those
who sexually abuse children through travel and tourism and traffickers of families and
children), whether these children are in traditional caregiving situations or where the State
is the de facto caregiver, as in the case of unaccompanied children.
28
A/61/299, para. 117.
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