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STATUS OF WOMEN 51st SESSION - 2007.
Report
of the 51st session of the Commission on the Status of Women
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CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - THE GIRL CHILD
14.9 Violence and Discrimination
(j) Develop and strengthen
partnerships involving Governments, civil society, the media and business
sectors and other relevant actors in the elimination of child pornography
including child pornography transmitted through the media and ICT's, in the
protection of the girl child from related abuses and exploitation, and in
training, inter alia, law enforcers, prosecutors, judges and social workers, as
appropriate, in order to build effective capacities to eradicate child
pornography;
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International Centre for Missing &
Exploited Children
Model Child Pornography Legislation and Global Review Developing and championing “model legislation” with regards to child pornography is crucial to a successful outcome in the fight against child pornography. Consequently, we conducted research into the child pornography legislation currently in place in the 186 Interpol Member Countries.
(1) exists with specific regard to child pornography, and not just
pornography in general; As of today, we have completed researching the legislation from all 186 Member Countries, and our end results are, to say the least, shocking:
Of the remaining Countries that do have legislation specifically addressing child pornography:
In addition to the legislative review, we are making available, via the IRC and in hard-copy format, model legislation and regional “best samples,” when possible. Taking into considering varying cultural, socio-economic, and political norms, our model legislation resembles more of a menu of concepts as opposed to actual statutory language. Topics addressed include: (1) Defining “child” for the purposes of child pornography as anyone under
the age of 18, regardless of the age of sexual consent; Please click on
the links below to view the International Centre for Missing & Exploited
Children's (ICMEC) latest report on global child pornography legislation.
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