Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography

The Protocol requires parties to prohibit the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Article 2 defines the prohibition: • Sale of children – Any act or transaction whereby a child is transferred by any person or group of persons to another for remuneration or any other consideration. • Child prostitution – Use of a child in sexual activities for remuneration or any other form of consideration. • Child pornography – Any representation, by whatever means, of a child engaged in real or simulated explicit sexual activities or any representation of the sexual parts of a child for primarily sexual purposes. The Convention generally defines a child as any human being under the age of 18, unless an earlier age of majority is recognized by a country's law. ==Parties and reservations==

List of countries that are parties to the protocol : Objections to this reservation were registered in the signing statements by Austria, France, Germany, Norway, Spain and Sweden. Qatar withdrew the reservation on 18 June 2008, and currently has no reservations to the Protocol. United Kingdom The United Kingdom's original ratification was only applicable to the UK and not the Crown dependencies or dependent territories. On 29 April 2014, the Bailiwick of Jersey and on 4 November 2020, Guernsey and Alderney were included. The reservation were withdrawn on 26 March 2009. ==See also==