Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 38
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- A form of exploitation and abuse that is not expressly mentioned by the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography is the solicitation of children, also known as "grooming". That is not a new form of exploitation since the grooming of a child - which involves conditioning the child to ensure he or she acquiesces to sexual contact - is an inherent part of the process of abusing a child. The Internet allows for that process to be quickened, partly because offenders can pretend to be children initially. The grooming is the "wooing" of a child and persuading them that they are in a relationship. While initial concern was in respect of offenders who sought to meet the child offline and sexually assault them, the behaviour has changed. It is common now for the solicitation to consist of persuading the child to engage in sexual activity in front of a webcam, the footage of which will then be recorded, or to send sexualized photographs to the offender. Once the footage or photographs have been gathered they will either be distributed or used by an offender for "sextortion", namely the sexual blackmailing of a child or his or her family.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 38
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