Enhancing International Cooperation, Technical Assistance and Capacitybuilding to Strengthen National Frameworks for the Protection and Empowerment of Children in the Digital Space

Encourages States, with the appropriate support of relevant stakeholders, including United Nations entities such as the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Telecommunication Union, national human rights institutions, civil society, research institutions, academia and associations, the private sector, educational institutions, as well as parents, and legal guardians, along with contribution of children, to identify capacity gaps and national needs in order to develop or enhance child-sensitive protection systems that address digital threats, including through education, training, public awareness, access to safe technology and age-sensitive reporting mechanisms;

Encourages States to consider additional opportunities for capacity-building at the regional level;

Encourages States members and observers of the Human Rights Council to use, where relevant, the general debate under agenda item 10 as a platform to share experiences, achievements and good practices in the area of international cooperation, technical assistance and capacity-building for the protection of children in the digital space;

Encourages the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide, upon the request of and in consultation with States, technical assistance, capacity-building and support to develop and implement national measures to protect children in digital settings, with particular attention to strengthening legal frameworks, institutional coordination, enforcement capacities and access to effective remedies, and requests the Office of the High Commissioner to mobilize resources, including private sector funding, to that end.