Mandate of Special Rapporteur on the Sale, Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse of Children

A/HRC/RES/61/8View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2026.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2023–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/61/8	Mandate of Special Rapporteur on the Sale, Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse of Children	849	90%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/52/26	Mandate of Special Rapporteur on the Sale, Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse of Children	860	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Child Pornography Child Prostitution Crime Prevention Rights of the Child Sale of Children Special Rapporteurs

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the work and contributions of the Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children;²

²See A/HRC/61/45.

Decides to extend the mandate of Special Rapporteur, for a period of three years on the same terms provided by the Human Rights Council in its resolutions 7/13, 34/16, 43/22 and 52/26;

Requests the Special Rapporteur to support States in developing legal and policy frameworks and child protection strategies through a child- and gender-responsive, disability-inclusive, victim-centred and trauma-informed approach and in a child-friendly manner to effectively prevent and eradicate new and emerging forms of the online and offline sale and sexual exploitation and abuse of children, in accordance with international human rights law;

Also requests the Special Rapporteur to continue to report annually on the implementation of the mandate to the Human Rights Council and biennially to the General Assembly, in accordance with their respective programmes of work, making suggestions and recommendations on the prevention and elimination of all forms of sale and sexual exploitation and abuse of children and on the protection, rehabilitation, recovery, reintegration and access to justice of children who are victims and survivors, in a gender-responsive, disability-inclusive, victim-centred, trauma-informed, child-friendly and child rights-based manner, including on how to advance the protection capacities of communities and families, with the best interests of the child as a primary consideration;

Further requests all States to cooperate fully with and to assist the Special Rapporteur in the performance of her tasks, providing all requested information and considering favourably her requests for visits and for implementing her recommendations;

Encourages the Special Rapporteur to continue to cooperate with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery and trafficking in persons and other relevant mandate holders;

Also encourages the Special Rapporteur to continue to seek views and contributions from States and other relevant stakeholders, including international organizations, national human rights institutions, civil society and children;

Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the assistance necessary to the Special Rapporteur to fulfil the mandate, in particular by placing adequate human and material resources at her disposal;

Decides to continue its consideration of this question in accordance with its programme of work.

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