A/HRC/RES/19/37
Child labour
39.
Further calls upon all States to translate into concrete action their
commitment to the progressive and effective elimination of child labour that is likely to be
hazardous, interfere with the child’s education or be harmful to the child’s health or
physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development, to eliminate immediately the worst
forms of child labour, to promote education as a key strategy in this regard, including the
creation of vocational training and apprenticeship programmes and the integration of
working children into the formal education system, and to examine and devise economic
policies, where necessary, in cooperation with the international community, that address
factors contributing to these forms of child labour;
40.
Urges all States that have not yet ratified the Conventions of the International
Labour Organization concerning the Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
(Convention No. 138) and the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the
Worst Forms of Child Labour (Convention No. 182) to consider doing so as a matter of
priority, and encourages States to consider ratifying the Convention on Decent Work for
Domestic Workers (Convention No. 189);
41.
Notes with interest the outcome of the Hague Global Child Labour
Conference, including the Road Map for Achieving the Elimination of the Worst Forms of
Child Labour by 2016;
IV.
Prevention and eradication of the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography
42.
Calls upon all States:
(a)
To take all measures necessary to eliminate, criminalize and penalize
effectively all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, including within
the family or for commercial purposes, child pornography and child prostitution, human
trafficking, child sex tourism, the sale of children for any purpose (including sexual
exploitation, organ transfer, illegal adoption and forced labour), including when these acts
are committed through the Internet, and to take effective measures against the
criminalization of children who are victims of exploitation;
(b)
To take effective measures to ensure the prosecution of offenders, including
through international assistance in connection with investigations or criminal or extradition
proceedings, and to increase cooperation at all levels to prevent and dismantle networks
trafficking in children;
(c)
To address effectively the needs of victims of human trafficking, sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography, including their safety and protection,
physical and psychological recovery and full reintegration into their family and society, and
bearing in mind the best interests of the child, to combat the demand that encourages such
criminal practices against children and factors leading to these practices, and to take the
measures necessary to eliminate the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography by adopting a holistic approach and addressing all contributing root causes;
(d)
To consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the Protocol to Prevent,
Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children,
supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;
V.
Protection of children affected by armed conflict
43.
Condemns in the strongest terms all violations of applicable international law
committed against children in armed conflict involving the recruitment and use of children,
as well as killing or maiming, rape or other sexual violence, abduction, attacks against
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