2008/04/07 by Trevor Buck · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Medicine · #Sex work and related issues #International Human Rights and Reproductive Law #Human Rights and Development #Ratification #Convention on the Rights of the Child #Child protection #Context (archaeology) #Law #Political science #Welfare #Convention #Protocol (science) #Criminology #Human rights #Sociology #Medicine #Politics
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1099-0860.2008.00148.x
openalex publication_date 2008/04/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography has two overall aims: (i) to strengthen international criminalisation and (ii) to provide welfare protection for child victims. This article reviews the context of the Protocol including the work of the Special Rapporteur. It examines reservations and declarations made by states upon ratification and provides a preliminary analysis of country reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child. It concludes that while the Protocol may have assisted in the process of international criminalisation, its implementation appears to have had a weaker impact on the protection of child victims.