Information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children 2015, para. 58
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- Article 8 of the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography requires the rights and interests of child victims to be secured throughout the legal process. The criminal prosecution of a perpetrator should not adversely affect the health and recovery of the child victim. The Optional Protocol requires special measures to be adopted to assist child victims in testifying and to protect their privacy. Article 14 of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse provides additional procedural rights to victims, such as short and long-term physical and psychosocial recovery. Recovery and non-re-victimization of the child should be given due consideration when deciding whether and when to prosecute an offender. In the best interest of the child, that may entail allowing the victim a period of recovery to receive the necessary support, as well as assistance in cases where the child victims will interact with the justice system, which assistance should be child-sensitive and respect the rights of children.
- 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
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 58
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