| Description: | | One of the most disturbing features of contemporary society is the spread of child sexual exploitation worldwide. The phenomenon involves three particular forms of exploitation: child prostitution, child pornography and child sexual trafficking. Jean-Francois NoelThe environment behind such exploitation includes poverty, family disintegration, discrimination, decline in human values, commercialisation, consumerisation, distorted use of technology, and criminality. These are based on the reprehensible treatment of children as objects of abuse rather than as subjects of rights. Precisely because the phenomenon is found both within countries and across frontiers - and it is spreading continually to new geographical areas, it is essential to promote closer national and international cooperation to counter its proliferation. Hence, the need for the globalization of norms and action to assist and protect child victims in a concerted manner. |
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