While significant achievements have been made since the Convention on the Rights of the Child came   into being, there are many remaining issues to be addressed. Did you know that…...
  • 1.2 million children are trafficked every year [1], 79% of human trafficking is for sexual exploitation purposes. [2]

  • The number of images of sexual abuse of children quadrupled within 2003-2007 and 47% of the websites accessed depicted grave child abuse images in the most severe categories.[3]

  • A study showed that 83% of people with child pornography possessed pictures of children ages 6 to 12 and 39% of children 3 to 5. [4]

  • For the first seven months of 2009, only 40% of the approximately 6,000 suspects investigated for child sexual abuse were prosecuted. Of those convicted, less than 1% received life sentences. Nearly half got off with fines and 30% got suspended terms, based on government statistics.
    These statistics are for one country only, but are indicative of the trend in many. [5]

  • At any given time there are more than 1500 websites worldwide showing child abuse images. While there has been a significant decrease in the number of such websites new delivery methods are constantly being used, the severity of the images has increased and the age of children continues to be very young. [6]

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          1.  UNICEF. UNICEF calls for increased efforts to prevent trafficking of children. 16 June 2007. http://www.unicef.org/media/media_40002.html
          2.   UNODC. Global Report on Trafficking in Persons. 2009.
        3.  Internet Watch Foundation, Annual Report 2007, p. 8
         4.   NCMEC as cited by Special Rapporteur on Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. 2009 Report
         5.  John M. Glionna. ‘South Koreans outraged over sentencing in child rape cases. Los Angeles Times. 9 October 2009. Accessed from:     http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-korea-rapes9-2009oct09,0,2636587.story.
       6.   Internet Watch Foundation. 2008.