Child Pornography
Child Pornography
The person who distributes, openly displays, manufactures, transports, exports, possesses or watches without downloading an image of a (apparent) sexual act of children, commits a punishable offence under Article 240b of the Dutch Criminal Code.
Child pornography is not a hands off crime with virtual victims. That is why the Dutch National Rapporteur will focus on a comprehensive approach when it comes to combating child pornography, in which the focus will not solely be on downloaders, distributors and producers of child pornography but also on the (potential) victims.
First Report on Child Pornography
By including child pornography in the National Rapporteur’s mandate, not only child pornography but also ICT will get a more prominent role in (combating) sexual exploitation and abuse of children. ICT can be used in the act of intentionally approaching children for sexual purposes (grooming), as a means to compel victims into making compromising videos and photos or as a goal of perpetrators to abuse and exploit children (webcamsex).
The National Rapporteur will publish a separate report with regards to child pornography. This First Report on Child Pornography with recommendations to the Dutch government will be published in the first half-year of 2011.
