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Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
ARTICLE 9
ARTICLE 9
1.
States Parties
shall
adopt
or strengthen,
implement
and
disseminate
laws
,
administrative measures
,
social
policies
and
programmes
to
prevent
the
offences
referred to in the present
Protocol
. Particular
attention
shall be given to
protect
children
who are especially
vulnerable
to such practices.
2.
States Parties
shall
promote
awareness
in the
public
at large,
including
children
, through
information
by all appropriate means,
education
and
training
, about the
preventive
measures
and
harmful
effects
of the
offences
referred to in the present
Protocol
. In fulfilling their
obligations
under this
article
,
States Parties
shall
encourage
the
participation
of the
community
and, in particular,
children
and
child victims
, in such
information
and
education
and
training programmes
,
including
at the
international level
.
3.
States Parties
shall take all feasible
measures
with the aim of ensuring all appropriate
assistance
to
victims
of such
offences
,
including
their
full
social reintegration
and their
full
physical
and
psychological
recovery
.
4.
States Parties
shall ensure that all
child victims
of the
offences
described
in the present
Protocol
have
access
to adequate
procedures
to
seek
, without
discrimination
,
compensation
for
damages
from those legally
responsible
.
5.
States Parties
shall take appropriate
measures
aimed at effectively
prohibiting
the
production
and
dissemination
of
material
advertising
the
offences
described
in the present
Protocol
.
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