Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

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international human rights treaty optional protocol

The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography is an international human rights treaty that strengthens protections for children by requiring states to criminalize and prevent these specific forms of exploitation and to support child victims.

Aliases (1)

Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international human rights treaty → optional protocol →
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly →
adoptionDate	2000-05-25 →
aimsTo	prevent child pornography → prevent child prostitution → prevent the sale of children → strengthen protection of children from exploitation →
basedOn	Convention on the Rights of the Child →
category	United Nations treaty → children's rights instrument →
complements	Convention on the Rights of the Child →
contains	provisions on extradition for covered offences → provisions on mutual legal assistance → provisions on seizure and confiscation of materials and proceeds →
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations →
enteredIntoForce	2002-01-18 →
language	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
monitoringBody	Committee on the Rights of the Child →
obligesStatesTo	establish jurisdiction over covered offences → investigate offences involving the sale of children → promote public awareness of offences covered by the protocol → prosecute offences involving child pornography → prosecute offences involving child prostitution → protect the rights and interests of child victims → provide appropriate assistance to child victims →
openedForSignature	2000-05-25 →
partOf	Convention on the Rights of the Child →
placeOfAdoption	New York City NERFINISHED →
protects	children under 18 years of age →
requires	child-sensitive procedures in criminal justice processes → criminalization of child pornography → criminalization of child prostitution → criminalization of the sale of children → penal sanctions for offences covered by the protocol → prevention measures addressing root causes of exploitation → training for law enforcement and relevant professionals →
scope	applies to offences committed domestically and transnationally →
shortName	OPSC →
subject	child pornography → child prostitution → sale of children →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Convention on the Rights of the Child → Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict →	relatedInstrument
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure →	appliesTo
CRC ("Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography") →	hasOptionalProtocol
Committee on the Rights of the Child →	monitorsImplementationOf
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure →	relatesTo