Конвенция Совета Европы о защите детей от сексуальной эксплуатации и сексуальных злоупотреблений от 25 октября 2007 года (ратифицирована Федеральным законом от 07.05.2013 № 76-ФЗ, вступила в силу для Российской Федерации 1 декабря 2013 года)

COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTION
ON THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
AND SEXUAL ABUSE
РгеатЫе
The member States of the Council of Europe and the other signatories hereto;
Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its
members;
Considering that every child has the right to such measures of protection as are required by his
or her status as a minor, on the part of his or her family, society and the State;
Observing that the sexual exploitation of children, in particular child pornography and prosti-
tution, and all forms of sexual abuse of children, including acts which are committed abroad,
are destructive to children’s health and psycho-social development;
Observing that the sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children have grown to worrying
proportions at both national and international level, in particular as regards the increased use
by both children and perpetrators of information and communication technologies (tCTs), and
that preventing and combating such sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children require
international co-operation;
Considering that the well-being and best interests of children are fundamental values shared
by all member States and must be promoted without any discrimination;
Recalling the Action Plan adopted at the 3rd Summit of Heads of State and Governments of
the Council of Europe (Warsaw, 16-17 May 2005), calling for the elaboration of measures to
stop sexual exploitation of children;
Recalling in particular the Committee of Ministers Recommendation No. К (91) 11 concerning
sexual exploitation, pornography and prostitution of, and trafficking in, children and young
adults, Recommendation Rec(2001)16 on the protection of children against sexual exploitation,
and the Convention on Cybercrime (ETS No. 185), especially Article 9 thereof, as well as the
Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS No. 197);
Bearing in mind the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms (1950, ETS No. 5), the revised European Social Charter (1996, ETS No. 163), and the
European Convention on the Exercise of Children’s Rights (1996, ETS No. 160);
Also bearing in mind the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, especially
Article 34 thereof, the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially
Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime, as well as the international Labour Organization Convention concerning the
Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour;
Bearing п mind the Council of the European Union Framework Decision on combating the
sexual exploitation of children and chiid pornography (2004/68/JHA), the Council of the
European Union Framework Decision on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings
(2001/220/JHA), and the Council of the European Union Framework Decision on combating
trafficking in human beings (2002/629/JHA);
Taking due account of other relevant international instruments and programmes in this field,
in particular the Stockhoim Declaration and Agenda for Action, adopted at the 1st World
Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (27-31 August 1996), the
Yokohama Global Commitment adopted at the 2nd World Congress against Commercial
Sexual Exploitation of Children (17-20 December 2001}, the Budapest Commitment and Plan
of Action, adopted at the preparatory Conference for the 2nd World Congress against
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (20-21 November 2001), the United Nations
General Assembly Resolution S-27/2 “A world fit for children" and the three-year programme
“Building a Europe for and with children”, adopted following the 3rd Summit and launched by
the Monaco Conference (4-5 April 2006);
Determined to...