Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 21
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- At the regional level, several instruments call for the prevention and prohibition of the sexual exploitation of children and thus entail the sanctioning of offenders. This is the case of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (art. 27), the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution (art. 3), the Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors (art. 7) and the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (chaps. 2, 5 and 6). Further protection is offered, as detailed below, by that Council of Europe Convention and in the explanatory report thereto, specific guidance on sanctions is given. The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings is also noteworthy as it specifically addresses the demand factor (art. 6) by providing that States parties shall adopt preventive measures such as research, awareness-raising and education programmes.
- 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)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 21
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