Special
Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography
Contact
information and questionnaire
Introduction
The Commission on
Human Rights has "requested the Special Rapporteur, in carrying out his
mandate, to continue to seek and receive credible and reliable information from
Governments, United Nations bodies, specialised agencies and intergovernmental
and non-governmental organisations". (Commission resolutions 1993/82,
1994/92).
The Special
Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
would like to encourage the above-mentioned actors, as well as individuals, to
submit to him any reliable information they may possess with regard to
violations of children's rights of this nature. For this purpose the Special
Rapporteur has developed this information sheet to facilitate the submission of
information. Subsequently, the Special Rapporteur may decide to raise with
Governments to request their comments and observations on the matter.
The questionnaire
below should be sent to:
-Special
Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
c/o Office Of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations at
Geneva
8-14 ave de la
Paix
1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
-Fax: (+41 22)
917 90 06
-E-mail: urgent-action@ohchr.org (please include in the subject box:
Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography)
General
Information
The Special
Rapporteur undertakes action in the following cases:
-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"
(Sale of children
could be for purposes of i.e, commercial sexual exploitation, use in criminal
activities, begging, use in armed conflict, for sports, forced labour, for
adoption, for marriage, for the use of their organs, or for other purposes)
-child
prostitution: "the 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."
-sexual abuse
against children while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s), or any
person who has the care of the child, including institutions, facilities and
services for the care of children, at school, while in detention etc.
-trafficking of
children for the purposes outlined above
-where a child is
at serious risk of being victim of such offences
Notes
1.The objective
of this questionnaire is to have access to precise information on alleged
violations of the rights of the child. The Special Rapporteur may raise his
concerns about the incidents reported and request Governments to make
observations and comments on the matter.
2.If any
information contained in the questionnaire should be kept confidential please
mark "CONFIDENTIAL" beside the relevant entry.
3.Do not hesitate
to attach additional sheets, if the space provided is not sufficient.
4. If you have
any questions concerning the completion of this form, please do not hesitate to
contact the Special Rapporteur.
Information
Sheet - Questionnaire
1.GENERAL
INFORMATION
-Does the
incident involve an individual or a group?
-If it involves a
group please state the number of people involved and the characteristics of the
group: Number of boys/adolescents:
Number of
girls/adolescents:
-Country(ies) in
which the incident took place:
-Nationality(ies)
of the victim(s):
2.IDENTITY OF
THE PERSONS CONCERNED
Note: if more
than one person is concerned, please attach relevant information on each person
separately.
-Family name:
-First name:
-Sex:
-Birth date or
age:
-Nationality(ies):
-Ethnic
background (if relevant):
3.INFORMATION
REGARDING THE ALLEGED VIOLATION
-Date:
-Place (location
- country/countries):
-Time:
-The nature of
the incident (please describe the circumstances with reference to the
categories listed under General Information)
-Number of
perpetrator(s):
-Are the
perpetrator (s) known to the victim?
- Nationality of
perpetrator (s)
-Agents believed
to be responsible for the alleged violation:
-State agents
(specify):
-Non-State agents
(specify):
-If it is unclear
whether they were state or non-state agents, please explain why.
-If the
perpetrators are believed to be State-agents, please specify (military, police,
agents of security services, unit to which they belong, rank and functions,
etc.), and indicate why they are believed to be responsible; be as precise as
possible.
-If an
identification as State agents is not possible, do you believe that Government
authorities or persons linked to them, are responsible for the incident, why?
-If there are
witnesses to the incident, indicate their names, age, relationship and contact
address. If they wish to remain anonymous, indicate if they are relatives,
by-passers, etc.; if there is evidence, please specify.
4. STEPS TAKEN
BY THE VICTIM, HIS/HER FAMILY OR ANY ONE ELSE ONHIS/HER BEHALF?
-Indicate if
complaints have been filed, when, by whom, and before which State authorities
or competent bodies (i.e, police, prosecutor, court)
-Other steps
taken
- Steps taken by
the authorities:
-Indicate whether
or not, to your knowledge, there have been investigations by the State
authorities; if so, what kind of investigations? Progress and status of these
investigations; which other measures have been taken?
-In case of
complaints by the victim or its family, how have those authorities of other
competent bodies dealt with them? What has been the outcome of those
proceedings?
5. IDENTITY OF
THE PERSON OR INSTITUTION SUBMITTING THIS FORM
-Family name
-First name
-Status:
individual, group, non-governmental organization, inter-governmental agency,
Government. Please specify:
-Contact number
or address (please indicate country and area code)
-Fax
-Tel
-Email
-Please state
whether you want your identity to be kept confidential
Date you are
submitting this form
Signature of
author