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the multiple needs and underlying vulnerabilities of children in the most disadvantaged and
marginalized situations;
II.
Mainstreaming of the rights of the child
10.
Reaffirms its commitment to effectively integrate the rights of the child into
its work and that of its mechanisms in a regular, systematic and transparent manner, taking
into account the specific needs of boys and girls;
11.
Decides to continue to incorporate into its programme of work sufficient
time, at a minimum an annual full-day meeting, to discuss different specific themes on the
rights of the child, including the identification of challenges to the realization of the rights
of the child, as well as measures and best practices that can be adopted by States and other
stakeholders, and to assess the effective integration of the rights of the child into its work;
12.
Urges all stakeholders to take into full account the rights of the child in the
second and subsequent cycles of the universal periodic review, in the preparation of
information submitted for the review and during its dialogue, outcome and follow-up, in
particular with regard to the implementation of recommendations on the rights of the child,
and encourages States to consult civil society and children to this end, as appropriate;
13.
Encourages special procedures and other human rights mechanisms of the
Human Rights Council to integrate the rights of the child into their work and to include in
their reports specific information, qualitative analysis and recommendations aimed at
improving the situation of children, in accordance with their mandates;
14.
Encourages all human rights treaty bodies to integrate the rights of the child
into their work, in accordance with their mandates;
III.
Protecting and promoting the rights of the child
Non-discrimination
15.
Calls upon States to ensure the enjoyment by children of all their civil,
cultural, economic, political and social rights without discrimination of any kind;
16.
Notes with concern the large number of children belonging to national,
ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, migrant children, refugee or asylum-seeking
children, internally displaced children and children of indigenous origin that are victims of
discrimination, including racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,
and stresses the need to incorporate special measures, in accordance with the principle of
the best interests of the child and respect for his or her views and the child’s gender-specific
needs, in education programmes and programmes to combat these practices, and calls upon
States to provide special support and to ensure equal access to services for those children;
The girl child
17.
Calls upon all States to take all necessary measures, including by enacting
and enforcing legislation and, where appropriate, formulating comprehensive,
multidisciplinary and coordinated national plans, policies, programmes or strategies to
promote and protect the human rights of the girl child, in order to:
(a)
Eliminate all forms of discrimination against girls and women and take
measures to address stereotyped gender roles and other prejudices based on the idea of the
inferiority or the superiority of either of the sexes, and to mainstream in this context a
gender perspective in all development policies and programmes, including those relating to
children and those specific to the girl child;
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