UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
The main existing international instrument in the field of protection of children’s rights, including sexual exploitation, is “UN Convention on the Rights of the Child” from 1989. It protects children from all forms of sexual exploitation and abuse, abduction, sale and trafficking, and all other forms of exploitation and cruel or inhuman treatment. Article 34 of “Convention on the Rights of the Child” requires from member States to protect children from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, including the inducement or coercion of a child to engage in unlawful sexual activity and the exploitative use of children in pornographic performances and materials.
Domestic legal sources for combating the problems of child pornography
(criminal legislation, procedural legislation, misuse of computer data and programs)