OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS
Rights of the child
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/92
The Commission on Human Rights,
Bearing in mind the Convention on the Rights of the Child, emphasizing that its provisions and other
relevant human rights instruments must constitute the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of
the child, and reaffirming that the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration in all actions
concerning children,
Welcoming the entry into force of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on the involvement of children in armed
conflict,
Welcoming also the adoption of the Protocol additional to the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and
Children,
Reaffirming further the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of the Child
and the Plan of Action for the Implementation of the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and
Development of the Child in the 1990s adopted in September 1990 by the World Summit for Children (A/45/625,
annex), the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
adopted in June 1993 by the World Conference on Human Rights (A/CONF.157/23), which, inter alia, state that
national and international mechanisms and programmes for the safeguard and protection of children, in particular
those in especially difficult circumstances, should be strengthened, including through effective measures to
combat exploitation and abuse of children, female infanticide, harmful child labour and the immediate
elimination of its worst forms, sale of children and organs, child prostitution and child pornography, as well as
other forms of sexual abuse,
Welcoming the integration of child rights issues into the outcomes of the special session of the General
Assembly on human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), held in New
York in June 2001 and the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
Intolerance, held at Durban, South Africa in September 2001),
Welcoming also the Yokohama Global Commitment 2001 adopted at the second World Congress
against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, held in Yokohama, Japan, in December 2001, and calling
upon States to consider its outcome,
Reaffirming all previous resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights related to the rights of the
child, in particular its resolutions 2000/85 of 27 April 2000 and 2001/75 of 25 April 2001, and taking note with
appreciation of General Assembly resolution 56/138 of 19 December 2001,
Welcoming the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in examining the progress made by
States parties in implementing the obligations undertaken in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and in
providing recommendations to States parties on its implementation and, in cooperation with the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in enhancing awareness of the principles and provisions
of the Convention, and taking note of the conclusions of the general discussions on violence against children
held in September 2000 and 2001,
Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the world remains critical as a
result of the persistence of poverty, inadequate social and economic conditions in an increasingly globalized
world economy, pandemics, in particular HIV and AIDS, natural disasters, armed conflicts, displacement,
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