Annotation:
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography was adopted by the UN General Assembly on May 25 2000 and entered into force on June 18 2002. The aim of the Protocol is to erradicate these practices and foster international cooperation in brining the perpetrators of these crimes to justice. The preamble of the protocol identifies the girlchild as a group both particularly vulnerable to, and disproportionately affected by, sexual exploitation. Other provisions of the protocol address jurisdictional issues, the compensation of victims, special consideration for the interest of the child in legal proceedings, public awareness campaigns and international cooperation in investigations, information exchange and extradition.