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Turkey ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1994; and the Optional…
Other relevant international documents that Turkey has signed and ratified are: The…
In line with these international conventions Turkey has also made several amendments…
Convention on the Rights of the Child…
Article 2…
1. States Parties shall respect and ensure the rights set forth in the present Convention…
2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that the child is…
Article 3…
1. In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social…
2. States Parties undertake to ensure the child such protection and care as is necessary…
3. States Parties shall ensure that the institutions, services and facilities responsible…
Article 6…
1. States Parties recognize that every child has the inherent right to life.…
2. States Parties shall ensure to the maximum extent possible the survival and development…
Article 12…
1. States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her…
2. For this purpose, the child shall in particular be provided the opportunity to…
Article 19…
1. States Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social…
2. Such protective measures should, as appropriate, include effective procedures…
Article 34…
States Parties undertake to protect the child from all forms of sexual exploitation…
(a) The inducement or coercion of a child to engage in any unlawful sexual activ…
(b) The exploitative use of children in prostitution or other unlawful sexual practices; (c) The exploitative use of children in pornographic performances and materials.…
Article 35…
States Parties shall take all appropriate national, bilateral and multilateral measures…
Article 36…
States Parties shall protect the child against all other forms of exploitation prejudicial…
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (“OPSC”)…
The States Parties to the present Protocol,…
Considering that, in order further to achieve the purposes of the Convention on the…
Considering also that the Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes the right…
Gravely concerned at the significant and increasing international traffic in children…
Deeply concerned at the widespread and continuing practice of sex tourism, to which…
Recognizing that several particularly vulnerable groups, including girl children,…
Concerned about the growing availability of child pornography on the Internet and…
Believing that the elimination of the sale of children, child prostitution and child…
Believing also that efforts to raise public awareness are needed to reduce consumer…
Noting the provisions of international legal instruments relevant to the protection…
Encouraged by the overwhelming support for the Convention on the Rights of the Child,…
Recognizing the importance of the implementation of the provisions of the Programme…
Taking due account of the importance of the traditions and cultural values of each…
Article 1…
States Parties shall prohibit the sale of children, child prostitution and child…
Article 2…
For the purposes of the present Protocol:…
(a) Sale of children means any act or transaction whereby a child is transferred…
(b) Child prostitution means the use of a child in sexual activities for remuneration…
(c) Child pornography means any representation, by whatever means, of a child engaged…
Article 3…
1. Each State Party shall ensure that, as a minimum, the following acts and activities…
(a) In the context of sale of children as defined in article 2:…
(i) Offering, delivering or accepting, by whatever means, a child for the purpose…
a. Sexual exploitation of the child;…
b. Transfer of organs of the child for profit;…
c. Engagement of the child in forced labour;…
(ii) Improperly inducing consent, as an intermediary, for the adoption of a child…
(b) Offering, obtaining, procuring or providing a child for child prostitution, as…
(c) Producing, distributing, disseminating, importing, exporting, offering, selling…
