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For The Council Of Europe Convention On The Protection Of Children Against Sexual Exploitation And Sexual Abuse

Original Language Title: Par Eiropas Padomes Konvenciju par bērnu aizsardzību pret seksuālu izmantošanu un seksuālu vardarbību

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: On the Council of Europe Convention on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse article 1. 2007. on 25 October, the Council of Europe Convention for the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) with this law is accepted and approved. 2. article. Fulfilment of the obligations provided for in the Convention are coordinated by the following institutions: 1) the Ministry of welfare, the Ministry of health and the Ministry of education and science, Chapter 2, of the Convention; 2 the Ministry of welfare), 3 and 4 of the Convention; 3) the Ministry of health, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of welfare, Chapter 5 of the Convention; 4) Ministry of Justice-Chapter 6 of the Convention; 5) the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Internal Affairs — chapter 7 of the Convention; 6) Ministry of Internal Affairs — chapter 8 of the Convention. 3. article. In accordance with article 25 of the Convention, paragraph 3 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall inform the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, the Convention article 25 paragraph 1 of the section "e" does not apply. 4. article. In accordance with article 37 of the Convention, paragraph 2 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall inform the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, that article 37 of the Convention referred to in paragraph 1 the institution responsible for the provision of data is the State police. 5. article. The Convention shall enter into force on its article 45 and the period specified in the order, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall notify the official Edition of the "journal". 6. article. The law shall enter into force on the day following its promulgation. With the law put the Convention in English and its translation into Latvian language. The Parliament adopted the law of 12 June 2014.
The President a. Smith in Riga 2014 June 27 Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, Lanzarote 2007 X. 25. Preamble the member States of the Council of Europe and the other to the signator heret; Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members; Considering that every child has the right to such measure of protection as required by his or her the status as a minor, on the part of his or her family, society and the State; Observing that the sexual exploitation of children, in particular child pornography and prostitution, and all forms of sexual abuse of children, including acts which are committed abroad, with a destructive to children's health and psycho-social development; Observing that the sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children have grown to worrying proportion at both national and international level, in particular as regards the increased use by both children and perpetrator of information and communications technologies (ICTI), and that preventing and combating such sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children require international co-operation; Considering that the well-being and best interests of children with the values shared by fundamentals all member States and must be promoted without any discrimination; Recalling the Action Plan adopted at the 3rd Summit of Heads of State and Governments of the Council of Europe (Warsaw, 16-17 May 2005), calling for the elaborations of measure to stop the sexual exploitation of children; Recalling in particular the Committee of the Recommendations of the Minister. R (91) 11 concerning sexual exploitation, pornography and prostitution of, and trafficking in, children and young adults, the Recommendations Rec (2001) 16 on the protection of children against sexual exploitation, and the Convention on Cybercrim (ETS No. 185), especially article 9 thereof, as well as the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Being (of CETUS. 197); Bearing in mind the Convention for the Protection of Human rights and Fundamental Freedom (1950, ETS No. 5), the revised European Social Charter (1996, ETS No. 163), and the European Convention on the exercise of Children's rights (1996, ETS No. 160); Also bearing in mind the United Nations Convention on the rights of the Child, especially article 34 thereof, the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, the Protocol to prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, as well as the International Labour Organization Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the worst forms of Child Labour; Bearing in mind the Council of the European Union Framework Decision on combating the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography (2004/68/JHA), the Council of the European Union Framework Decision on the standing of the victim in criminal proceedings (2001/220/JHA), and the Council of the European Union Framework Decision on combating trafficking in human being (2002/629/JHA); Taking due account of other relevant international instruments and programmes in this field, in particular the Stockholm Declaration and agenda for Action, adopted at the 1st World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (27-31 August 1996), the Yokohama Global Commitment adopted at the 2nd World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (17-20 December 2001), the Budapest commitment and Plan of Action , adopted at the Conference features for the 2nd World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (20-21 November 2001), the United Nations General Assembly Resolution S-27/2, "A world fit for children" and the three-year programme "Building a Europe for and with children", adopted following the 3rd Summit and launched by the Monaco Conference (4-5 April 2006); Determined to contribute effectively to the common goal of protecting children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, whoever the perpetrator may be, and of providing assistance to the victim; Taking into account the need to prepare a comprehensive international instrument focusing on the preventive, protective and criminal law aspects of the fight against all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children and setting up a specific monitoring mechanism, have agreed as follows: Chapter I-Purpose of the non-discrimination principle and definition article 1 Purpose 1. The purpose of this Convention by: (a) to prevent and combat sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children; (b) protect the rights of the child victim of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse; (c) promote national and international co-operation against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children. 2. In order to ensur is effective implementation of its provision by the parties, this Convention sets up a specific monitoring mechanism.
Article 2 – Non-discrimination principle the implementation of the provision of this Convention by the parties, in particular the enjoymen of measure to protect the rights of the victim, shall be secured without discrimination on any ground such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth, sexual orientation, State of health , disability or other status.
Article 3-Definition For the purpose of this Convention: (a) "child" shall mean any person under the age of 18 years; (b) "sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children" shall include the behaviour as referred to in articles 18 to 23 of this Convention; (c) "victim" shall mean any child subject to sexual exploitation or sexual abuse.
Chapter II – of the Preventive measure of article 4 – principles Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to prevent all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children and to protect children.
Article 5 – recruitment, training and awareness raising of persons working in contact with children 1. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to encourag the awareness of the protection and rights of children among persons who have regular contacts with children in the education, health, social protection, judicial and law-enforcement sector in areas relating to and sport, culture and leisure activities. 2. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that the persons referred to in paragraph 1 have an adequat knowledge of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, of the means to identify them and of the possibility mentioned in article 12, paragraph 1, Each Party shall 3 take the cessary legislative or other measure, in conformity with its internal law , to ensur that the conditions to accede to those whose exercise of the profession to the regular contacts with children impl ensur that the candidate for their profession these have not been convicted of acts of sexual exploitation or sexual abuse of children.
Article 6 – Education for children Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that during primary and secondary education, children, receive information on the risks of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, as well as on the means to protect themselves, adapted to their evolving capacity. This information, provided in collaboration with parents, where appropriate, shall be given within a more general context of information on sexuality and shall pay special attention to the situation of risk, especially those involving the use of new information and communications technologies.
Article 7-Preventive intervention program or measure of Each Party shall ensur that persons who fear that they might commit any of the offenc's established in accordanc with this Convention may have access, where appropriate, to effective intervention program designed to evaluate or measure of and prevent the risk of the offenc being committed.
Article 8-Measure for the general public

1. Each Party shall promote or conduct awareness raising campaigns addressed to the general public providing information on the phenomenon of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children and on the preventive measure which can be taken by the Council. 2. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to prevent or to the dissemination of prohibi materials advertising the offenc's established in accordanc with this Convention.
Article 9 – Participation of children, the private sector, the media and civil society Each Party shall 1 encourag the participation of children, according to their evolving capacity, in the development and the implementation of State policies, program or other initiative in concerning the fight against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children. 2. Each Party shall encourag the private sector, in particular the information and communication technology sector, the tourism and travel industry and the banking and finance sector, as well as civil society, to participat in the elaborations and implementation of policies to prevent sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children and the internal norms through implementations that self-regulation or co-regulation. 3. Each Party shall encourag the media to provide appropriate information concerning all aspects of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, with due respect for the independence of the media and freedom of the press. 4. Each Party shall encourag the financing, including, where appropriate, by the creation of funds, of the projects and programmes carried out by civil society aiming at preventing and protecting children from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse.
Chapter III – Specialised authorities and co-ordinating bodies article 10 – National measure of co-ordination and collaboration 1. Each Party shall take the measure of the cessary ensur the co-ordination on a national or local level between the different agencies in charge of the protection from, the prevention of and the fight against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, notably the education sector , the health sector, the social services and the law-enforcement and judicial authorities. 2. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to set up or designat: (a) the independent competent national or local institutions for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, ensuring that they are provided with specific resources and responsibilities; (b) mechanisms for data collection or focal points at the national or local level and in collaboration with civil society, for the purpose of observing and evaluating the phenomenon of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, with due respect for the requirements of personal data protection. 3. Each Party shall encourag co.-operation between the competent authorities in the State, civil society and the private sector, in order to better prevent and combat sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children.
Chapter IV – protective measure and to victim assistance article 11 – principles 1. Each Party shall establish effective social programs and set up multidisciplinary structures to provide the support for victim cessary, their close relatives and for any person who is responsible for their care. 2. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that when the age of the victim is uncertain and there are reasons to believe that the victim is a child, the protection and assistance provided for the children shall be "accorded to him or her pending verification of his or her age.
Article 12 – Reporting suspicion of sexual exploitation or sexual abuse 1. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that the confidentiality rules imposed by internal law on certain professionals called upon to work in contact with children do not constitut an removes it the possibility, for those professionals, of their reporting to the services responsible for child protection any situation where they have reasonable grounds for believing that a child is the victim of sexual exploitation or sexual abuse. 2. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to encourag any person who knows about or suspects, in good faith, sexual exploitation or sexual abuse of children to report these facts to the competent services.
Article 13 – Each Party shall take Helplin of the legislative or other measure cessary to encourag and support the setting up of information services, such as telephone or Internet helplin, it provides advice to caller, even confidentially or with due regard for their anonymity.
Article 14 – assistance to victim 1. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to assist victim, in the short and long term, in their physical and psycho-social recovery. The measure taken to this paragraph pursuan shall take due account of the child's views, needs and concerns. 2. Each Party shall take the measure, under the conditions provided for by its internal law, to co-operate with non-governmental organisations, other relevant organisations or other elements of civil society engaged in assistance to victim. 3. When the parents or persons who have care of the child with the involved in his or her sexual exploitation or sexual abuse, the intervention procedures taken in application of article 11, paragraph 1, shall include:-the possibility of removing the alleged perpetrator; -the possibility of removing the victim from his or her family environment. The conditions and duration of such removal shall be determined in accordanc with the best interests of the child. 4. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that the persons who are close to the victim may benefit, where appropriate, from therapeutic assistance, notably emergency psychological care.
Chapter V – Intervention program or measure of article 15 – General principles 1. Each Party shall promote or ensur, in accordanc with its internal law, effective intervention program or measure for the persons referred to in article 16, paragraphs 1 and 2, with a view to preventing and minimising the risks of repeated offenc of a sexual nature against children. Such measure shall be of application or accessible at any time during the proceedings, inside and outside prison, according to the condition laid down in internal law. 2. Each Party shall promote or ensur, in accordanc with its internal law, the development of partnerships or other forms of co-operation between the competent authorities, in particular to health-care services and the social services and the judicial authorities and other bodies responsible for following the person is referred to in article 16, paragraphs 1 and 2. Each Party shall provide 3, in accordanc with its internal law , for an assessment of the dangerousnes and possible risks of repetition of the offenc's established in accordanc with this Convention, by the persons referred to in article 16, paragraphs 1 and 2, with the aim of identifying appropriate program or measure. 4. Each Party shall provide, in accordanc with its internal law, for an assessment of the effectiveness of the program and implemented the measure.
Article 16-the Recipient of the intervention program and measure 1. Each Party shall ensur that in accordanc with its internal law, that persons subject to criminal proceedings for any of the offenc's established in accordanc with this Convention may have access to the program or measure mentioned in the article 15, paragraph 1, under conditions which no detrimental nor contrary to the ither to the rights of the defence and to the requirements of a fair and impartial trial , and particularly with due respect for the rules of each of the principles of the presumption of innocence. 2. Each Party shall ensur that in accordanc with its internal law, that persons convicted of any of the established of the offenc in accordanc with this Convention may have access to the program or measure mentioned in the article 15, paragraph 1, Each Party shall ensur 3, in accordanc with its internal law, that measure of intervention program or the developed or adapted to meet the developmental needs of children who sexually offend , including those who are below the age of criminal responsibility, with the aim of addressing their sexual behavioural problems.
Article 17-Information and consent 1. Each Party shall ensur that in accordanc with its internal law, that the persons referred to in article 16 to whom intervention program or measure of the have been proposed with fully informed of the reasons for the proposal and consent to the programme or measure in full knowledge of the facts. 2. Each Party shall ensur that in accordanc with its internal law, that persons to whom intervention program or measure have been proposed for the Andean, refus may in the case of the convicted person, that they are made aware of the possible consequences a refusal might have.
Chapter VI – Substantive criminal law article 18 – of Sexual abuse

1. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that the following intentional conduct is criminalised: (a) engaging in sexual activities with a child who, according to the relevant provision of national law, has not reached the legal age for sexual activities; (b) engaging in sexual activities with a child where:-s is made of coercion, force or threats; or-abuse is made of a recognised position of trust, authority or influence over the child, including within the family; or-abuse is made of a particularly the situation of the child vulnerabl, notably because of a mental or physical disability or a situation of dependenc. 2. For the purpose of paragraph 1 above, each Party shall decide the age below which it is prohibited to engage in sexual activities with a child. 3. The provision of paragraph 1 (a) are not intended to govern consensual sexual activities between minor.
Article 19 – concerning child prostitution of the Offenc 1. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that the following intentional conduct is criminalised: (a) recruiting a child into prostitution or causing a child to participat in prostitution; (b) coercing a child into prostitution or profiting from or otherwise exploiting a child for such purpose; (c) having their child prostitution recourses. 2. For the purpose of the present article, the term "child prostitution" shall mean the fact of using a child for sexual activities where money or any other form of remuneration or considerations is given or promised as payment, regardless_of if this payment, promise or considerations is made to the child or to a third person.
Article 20-1 of the child pornography Offenc concerning Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that the following intentional conduct, when committed without right, is criminalised: (a) producing child pornography; (b) offering or making available child pornography; (c) distributing or transmitting child pornography; (d) procuring child pornography for oneself or for another person; e possessing child pornography; (f) knowingly obtaining access, through information and communications technologies, to child pornography. 2. For the purpose of the present article, the term "child pornography" shall mean any material that depict a child at «engaged in real or simulated sexually explicit conduct or any depictions of a child's sexual organs for primarily sexual purpose. 3. Each Party may reserve the right not to apply, in whole or in part, paragraph 1 (a) and (e) the production and possession of pornographic material: consisting exclusively of simulated representation, or realistic images of a non-existent child; -involving children who have reached the age set in application of article 18, paragraph 2, where these images are produced and possessed with their consent by them solely for their own and private use. 4. Each Party may reserve the right not to apply, in whole or in part, paragraph 1 article 21 – f. Offenc immigrants of the participation of a child in pornographic performances 1. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that the following intentional conduct is criminalised: (a) recruiting a child into participating in pornographic performances or causing a child to participat in such performances; (b) coercing a child into participating in pornographic performances or profiting from or otherwise exploiting a child for such purpose; (c) knowingly attending pornographic performances involving the participation of children. 2. Each Party may reserve the right to limit the application of paragraph 1 (c) cases where children have been recruited or coerced in conformity with paragraph (a) or (b) 1 article 22 – Corruption. of children Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to criminalis the intentional causing, for sexual purpose, of a child who has not reached the age set in application of article 18 , paragraph 2, to witness sexual abuse or sexual activities, even without having the participat.
Article 23 – Solicitation of children for sexual purpose of Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to criminalis the intentional proposal, through information and communication technologies, of an adult to meet a child who has not reached the age set in application of article 18, paragraph 2, for the purpose of committing any of the offenc's established in accordanc with article 18 paragraph 1 (a), or to article 20, paragraph 1 (a), against him or her, where this proposal has been followed by material acts leading to such a meeting.
Article 24 – Aiding or abetting and attempt 1. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to establish as criminal when committed intentionally, the offenc, aiding or abetting the commission of any of the established of the offenc in accordanc with this Convention. 2. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to establish as criminal when committed intentionally, the offenc, attempts to commit the offenc's established in accordanc with this Convention. 3. Each Party may reserve the right not to apply, in whole or in part, paragraph 2 of the offenc established in accordanc with article 20, paragraph 1 (b), (d), (e) and (f), article 21, paragraph 1 (c), article 22 and article 23 article 25 – Jurisdiction 1. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to establish jurisdiction over any of the offenc established in accordanc with this Convention , when the offenc is committed: a in its territory; or (b) on board a ship flying the flag of that Party; or (c) on board an aircraft registered under the laws of that Party; or (d) by one of its nationals; or (e) by a person who has his or her habitual residence in its territory. 2. Each Party shall endeavour to take the cessary legislative or other measure to establish jurisdiction over any of the offenc established in accordanc with this Convention where the offenc is committed against one of its nationals or a person who has his or her habitual residence in its territory. 3. Each Party may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, by a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, declare that it reserve the right not to apply or to apply only in specific cases or conditions the jurisdiction rules passed down in paragraph 1(e) of this article. 4. For the prosecution of the offenc's established in accordanc with articles 18, 19, 20, 21 (a), and paragraph 1., paragraph (a) and (b), 1 of this Convention, each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that its jurisdiction as regards paragraph 1 (d) is not subordinated to the condition that the acts are criminalised at the place where they were performed. 5. Each Party may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, by a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, declare that it reserve the right to limit the application of paragraph 4 of this article, with regards of the offenc established in accordanc with article 18, paragraph 1 (b) second and third indent, in the cases where it has his or her habitual national residence in its territory. 6. For the prosecution of the offenc's established in accordanc with articles 18, 19, 20, paragraph 1 a, and 21 of this Convention, each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that its jurisdiction as regards paragraphs 1 d and e is not subordinated to the condition that the prosecution can only be initiated following a report from the victim or a denunciation from the State of the place where the offenc was committed. 7. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to establish jurisdiction over the established of the offenc in accordanc with this Convention, in cases where an alleged offender is present on its territory and it does not him or her to another of extradit Party, solely on the basis of his or her nationality. 8. When more than one Party claims jurisdiction over an alleged Office established in accordanc offenc with this Convention, the parties involved shall, where appropriate, consult with a view to determining the most appropriate jurisdiction for prosecution. 9. Without prejudice to the general rules of international law, this Convention does not exclude any criminal jurisdiction exercised by a Party in accordanc with its internal law.
Article 26 – corporate liability 1 Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that a legal person can be held liabl for an Office established in accordanc offenc with this Convention, committed for its benefit by any natural person, acting either individually or as part of an organ of the legal person, who has a leading position within the legal person, , based on: (a) a power of representation of the legal person; (b) an authority to take decisions on behalf of the legal person; (c) an authority to exercise control within the legal person. 2. Apart from the cases already provided for in paragraph 1, each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that a legal person can be held in liabl where the lack of supervision or control by a natural person referred to in paragraph 1 has made possible the commission of an offenc is established in accordanc with this Convention for the benefit of the legal person by a natural person acting under its a authority. 3. Subject to the legal principles of the Party, the liability of a legal person may be criminal, civil or administrative. 4. Such liability shall be without prejudice to the criminal liability of the natural persons who have committed the offenc.
Article 27 – sanctions and measure the

1. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that the established of the offenc in accordanc with this Convention with a punishabl by effective, proportionat and dissuasiv of the sanctions, taking into account their seriousnes. These sanctions shall include penalties involving deprivation of liberty which can give rise to extradition. 2. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that legal persons held liabl in accordanc with article 26 shall be subject to effective, proportionat and dissuasiv of sanctions which shall include criminal or non-criminal monetary fine and may include others, in particular ": (a) exclusion from entitlement to public benefits or aid; (b) temporary or permanent disqualification from the practice of commercial activities; (c) placing under judicial supervision; (d) a judicial winding-up order. 3. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to: (a) provide for the confiscation of the chicken pox vaccine and and: – goods, documents and others to instrumentalit used to commit the offenc's established in accordanc with this Convention or it is facilitat their commission; -proceed to the derived from such property the offenc or value of which correspond to such proceed; (b) to enable the temporary or permanent closur of any establishment used to carry out any of the offenc's established in accordanc with this Convention, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties, or to deny the perpetrator, OK or permanently, the exercise of the professional or voluntary activity involving contact with children in the course of which the offenc was committed. 4. Each Party may be others measure in adop relations the perpetrator, such as withdrawals of parental rights or monitoring or supervision of convicted persons. 5. Each Party may establish that the proceed of crime or property confiscated in accordanc with this article can be allocated to a special fund in order to finance prevention and assistance programmes for victim of any of the established of the offenc in accordanc with this Convention.
Article 28 – Each Party shall take the Aggravating circumstanc the cessary not legislative or other measure to ensur that the following, in so far as circumstanc they do not already form part of the mobility scooters to the element of the offenc, may, in conformity with the relevant provision of the internal law, be taken into considerations as aggravating circumstanc in the determination of the sanctions in relations to the established of the offenc in accordanc with this Convention (a) the offenc is seriously damaged the physical or mental health of the victim; (b) the offenc was preceded or accompanied by acts of tortures or serious violence; (c) the offenc was committed against a particularly vulnerabl victim; (d) the offenc was committed by a member of the family, a person cohabiting with the child or a person having abused his or her authority; the offenc e was committed by several people acting together; (f) the offenc was committed within the framework of a criminal organisation; (g) the perpetrator has previously been convicted of the offenc of the same nature.
Article 29 – previous convictions Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to provide for the possibility to take into account final by another Party in the line passed to the relations established in accordanc offenc's with this Convention when determining the sanctions.
Chapter VII – Investigation, prosecution and procedural law article 30 – principles 1. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that investigations and criminal proceedings are carried out in the best interests and respecting the rights of the child. 2. Each Party shall adop a protective approach towards victim, ensuring that the investigations and criminal proceedings do not aggravat the trauma experienced by the child and that the criminal justice response is followed by assistance, where appropriate. 3. Each Party shall ensur that the investigations and criminal proceedings are treated as priority and carried out without any unjustified delay. 4. Each Party shall ensur that the measure's applicable under the current chapter not question 2(a) to the rights of the defence and the requirements of a fair and impartial trial, in conformity with article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human rights and Fundamental Freedom. 5. Each Party shall take the cessary legislative or other measure, in conformity with the fundamental principles of its internal law: – an effective investigation and ensur prosecution of the offenc established in accordanc with this Convention, allowing, where appropriate, for the possibility of covert operations; -to enable units or investigative services to identify the victim of the offenc established in accordanc with of article 20, in particular by analysing child pornography material, such as photographs and audiovisual recordings transmitted or made available through the use of information and communications technologies.
Article 31 – a General measure of protection 1. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to protect the rights and interests of the victim, including their special needs as witness, at all stages of investigation and criminal proceedings, in particular by: (a) informing them of their rights and the services at their disposal and, unless they do not wish to receive such information, it , the follow-up given to their complaint, the charges, the general progress of the investigation or proceedings, and their role therein as well as the outcomes of their cases; (b) ensuring, at least in cases where the victim and their families might be in danger, that they may be informed, if not, when the person prosecuted cessary or OK or definitively convicted is released; (c) enabling them, in a manner consistent with the procedural rules of internal law, to be heard, to supply evidence and to choose the means of having their views, needs and concerns, directly or through an intermediary presented, and considered; (d) providing them with appropriate support services so that their rights and interests are duly presented and taken into account; (e) protecting their privacy, their identity and their image and by taking measure in accordanc with internal law to prevent the public dissemination of any information that could lead to their identification; (f) providing for their safety, as well as that of their families and on their behalf, from witness intimidation, retaliations and repeat victimisation; (g) ensuring that contact between victim and perpetrator within the Court and law enforcement agency is avoided, unless the premises of the competent authorities to establish otherwise in the best interests of the child or when the investigation or proceedings require such contact. 2. Each Party shall ensur that victim will have access, as from their first contact with the competent authorities, to information on relevant judicial and administrative proceedings. 3. Each Party shall ensur that victim will have access, provided free of charge where warranted, legal aid when it is possible for them to have the status of parties to criminal proceedings. 4. Each Party shall provide for the possibility for the judicial authorities to be a special representative appoin for the victim when, by internal law, he or she may have the status of a party to the criminal proceedings and where the holder of parental responsibility are precluded from representing the child in such proceedings as a result of a conflict of interest between them and the victim. 5. Each Party shall provide, by means of legislative or other measure, in accordanc with the conditions provided for by its internal law, the possibility for groups, foundations, associations or non-governmental or governmental organisations, to assist and/or support the victim with their consent during the criminal proceedings concerning the offenc's established in accordanc with this Convention. 6. Each Party shall ensur that the information given in their victim in conformity with the provision of this article is provided in a manner adapted to their age and maturity and in a language they can understand that.
Article 32 – Initiation of proceedings Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that investigation or prosecution of the offenc established in accordanc with this Convention shall not be dependent upon the report or accusation made by a victim, and that the proceedings may continue even if the victim has withdrawn his or her statements.
Article 33 – Statute of limitations Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that the Statute of limitations for initiating proceedings with regards to the established of the offenc in accordanc with articles 18, 19, paragraph 1 (a) and (b), and the 21st., paragraph (a) and (b), 1 shall continue for a period of time sufficient to allow the efficient starting of proceedings after the victim has reached the age of majority and which is commensurat with the gravity of the crime in question.
Article 34 – investigations 1. Each Party shall adop a such measure may not be the axis of the cessary to ensur that persons, units or services in charge of investigations in the field with specialised of combating sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children or that person with a trained for this purpose. Such units or services shall have adequat financial resources. 2. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that uncertainty as to the actual age of the victim shall not prevent the initiation of criminal investigations.
Article 35 – interviews with the child

1. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that: (a) interviews with the child take place without unjustified delay after the facts have been reported to the competent authorities to be; (b) interviews with the child take place, where, in the premise of the cessary not designed or adapted for this purpose; (c) interviews with the child are carried out by professionals trained for this purpose; (d) the same person, if possible and where appropriate, conduct all interviews with the child; (e) the number of interviews is as limited as possible and in so far as not strictly cessary for the purpose of criminal proceedings; (f) the child may be accompanied by his or her legal representative or, where appropriate, an adult of his or her choice, unless a reasoned decision has been made to the contrary in respect of that person. 2. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that all interviews with the victim or, where appropriate, those with a child witness, may be videotaped and that these videotaped interviews may be accepted as evidence during the court proceedings, according to the rules provided by its internal law. 3. When the age of the victim is uncertain and there are reasons to believe that the victim is a child, the measure's established in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be applied pending verification of his or her age.
Article 36-the Criminal Court proceedings 1. Each Party shall take the cessary legislative or other measure, with due respect for the rules of each of the autonomy legal profession, ensur that training on children's rights and sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children is available for the benefit of all persons involved in the proceedings, in particular judge, prosecutor and lawyer. 2. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that according to the rules provided by its internal law, that: (a) the judge may order the hearing to take place without the presence of the public; (b) the victim may be heard in the courtroom without being present, notably through the use of appropriate communication technologies.
Chapter VIII – Recording and storing of data article 37-Recording and storing of national data on convicted sexual offender 1. For the purpose of prevention and prosecution of the offenc's established in accordanc with this Convention, each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to collect and store, in accordanc with the relevant provision on the protection of personal data and other appropriate rules and guarantee the axis for prescribed by domestic law the data relating to the identity and to the Genetics (DNA) profile of persons convicted of the offenc's established in accordanc with this Convention. 2. Each Party shall, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, communicate to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe the name and address of a single national authority in charge for the purpose of paragraph 1, Each Party shall 3 take the cessary legislative or other measure to ensur that the information referred to in paragraph 1 can be transmitted to the competent authority of another Party , in conformity with the conditions established in its internal law and the relevant international instruments.
Chapter IX-International co-operation article 38 – General principles and measure for international co-operation 1. The Parties shall co-operate with each other, in accordanc with the provision of this Convention, and through the application of relevant applicable international and regional instruments, arrangements agreed on the basis of of uniform or reciprocal legislation and internal laws, to the wides to exten the possible, for the purpose of: (a) preventing and combating sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children; (b) protecting and providing assistance to the victim; (c) investigations or proceedings concerning the offenc's established in accordanc with this Convention. 2. Each Party shall take the legislative or other measure cessary to ensur that the victim of an offenc established in accordanc with this Convention in the territory of a Party other than the one where they a resident programs may make a complaint before the competent authorities of the State of their residence. 3. If a Party that makes mutual legal assistance in criminal matters or extradition conditional on the existenc of a treaty receive a request for legal assistance or extradition from a Party with which it has not concluded such a treaty, it may consider this Convention the legal basis for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters or extradition in respect of the offenc's established in accordanc with this Convention. 4. Each Party shall endeavour to integrate, where appropriate, the prevention and the fight against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children in the assistance program for development provided for the benefit of third States.
Chapter X – Monitoring mechanism article 39 – Committee of the parties 1. The Committee of the Parties shall be composed of representatives of the parties to the Convention. 2. The Committee of the Parties shall be convened by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Its first meeting shall be held within a period of one year following the entry into force of this Convention for the tenth signatory having ratified it. It shall subsequently meet whenever at least one third of the parties or the Secretary General so requests. 3. The Committee of the Parties shall be its adop own rules of procedure.
Article 40 – Other representatives 1. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Commissioner for Human Rights, the European Committee on crime problems (CDPC), as well as other relevant Council of Europe intergovernmental committees, shall each be appoin a representative to the Committee of the parties. 2. The Committee of Minister may invite other Council of Europe bodies to appoin a representative to the Committee of the parties after consulting the latter. 3. Representatives of civil society, and in particular non-governmental organisations, may be admitted as observer to the Committee of the Parties following the procedure established by the relevant rules of the Council of Europe. 4. Representatives appointed under paragraphs 1 to 3 above shall participat in meetings of the Committee of the parties without the right to vote.
Article 41 – functions of the Committee of the parties 1. The Committee of the Parties shall monitor the implementation of this Convention. The rules of procedure of the Committee of the Parties shall determin the procedure for evaluating the implementation of this Convention. 2. The Committee of the Parties shall facilitat the collection, analysis and exchange of information, experience and good practice between States to improve their capacity to prevent and combat sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children. 3. The Committee of the Parties shall also, where appropriate: (a) the effective facilitat use and implementation of this Convention, including the identification of any problems and the effects of any declaration or reservation made under this Convention; (b) express an opinion on any question concerning the application of this Convention and the exchange of facilitat information on significant legal, policy or technological developments. 4. The Committee of the Parties shall be assisted by the Secretariat of the Council of Europe in carrying out its functions to the pursuan article. 5. The European Committee on crime problems (CDPC) shall be periodically informed regarding the skipper to the activities mentioned in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this article.
Chapter XI – Relationship with other international instruments article 42 – Relationship with the United Nations Convention on the rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography this Convention shall not be affec the rights and obligations arising from the provision of the will of the United Nations Convention on the rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol on the sale of children , child prostitution and child pornography, and is intended to enhance the protection afforded by them and develop and the standards led complemen therein.
Article 43 – Relationship with other international instruments this Convention shall note 1 affec the rights and obligation of arising from the provision of other international instruments to which parties to the present Convention are parties or shall become parties and which contain provision on matters governed by this Convention and which ensur greater protection and assistance for the child victim of sexual exploitation or sexual abuse. 2. The parties to the Convention may by bilateral or conclud multilaterals agreements with one another on the matters to deal with in this Convention, for the purpose of supplementing or strengthening its provision or facilitating the application of the principles embodied in it. 3. Parties which are members of the European Union shall, in their mutual relations, apply Community and European Union rules in so far as there are Community or European Union rules each of the particular subject concerned and applicable to the specific case, without prejudice to the object and purpose of the present Convention and without prejudice to its full application with other parties.
Chapter XII – Amendments to the Convention article 44 – Amendments to

1. Any proposal for an amendment to this Convention presented by a Party shall be communicated to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and forwarded by him or her to the member States of the Council of Europe, any signatory, any State Party, the European Community, to any State invited to sign this Convention in accordanc with the provision of article 45 , paragraph 1, and any State invited to accede to this Convention in accordanc with the provision of article 46, paragraph 1., 2. Any amendment proposed by a Party shall be communicated to the European Committee on crime problems (CDPC), which shall submit to the Committee of Minister to its opinion on that proposed amendment. 3. The Committee shall consider the will of the Minister proposed amendment and the opinion submitted by the CDPC and, following consultation with the non-member States parties to this Convention, may be the adop amendment. 4. The text of any amendment adopted by the Committee of Minister in accordanc with paragraph 3 of this article shall be forwarded to the parties for acceptance. 5. Any amendment adopted in accordanc with paragraph 3 of this article shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of one month after the date on which all parties have informed the Secretary General that they have accepted it. Chapter XIII – Final clauss's article 45 – signature and entry into force 1 this Convention shall be open. for signature by the member States of the Council of Europe , the non-member States which have participated in its elaborations as well as the European Community. 2. This Convention is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. The instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. 3. This Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date on which 5 signator, including at least 3 member States of the Council of Europe, have expressed their consent to be bound by the Convention in accordanc with the provision of the preceding paragraph. 4. In respect of any State referred to in paragraph 1 or the European Community, which subsequently express their consent to it be bound by it, the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.
Article 46 – Accession to the Convention 1 After the entry into force of this Convention, the Committee of Minister of the Council of Europe may, after consultation of the parties to this Convention and obtaining their unanimous consent, invite any of the non-member State of the Council of Europe, which has not participated in the elaborations of the Convention, to accede to this Convention by a decision taken by the majority provided for in article 20 d of the Statute of the Council of Europe, and by unanimous vote of the representatives of the Contracting States entitled to sit on the Committee of Minister. 2. In respect of any acceding State, the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of deposit of the instrument of accession with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Article 47 – Territorial application 1 Any State or the European Community may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, specify the territory or territories to which this Convention shall apply. 2. Any Party may, at any later date, by a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend the application of this Convention to any other territory specified in the declaration and for whose international relations it is responsible or on whose behalf it is authorised to give undertaking. In respect of such territory, the Convention shall enter into the force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of receipt of such declaration by the Secretary General. 3. Any declaration made under the two preceding paragraphs may, in respect of any territory specified in such declaration, be withdrawn by a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The withdrawals shall become effective on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of receipt of such notification by the Secretary General.
Article 48 – reservations from the reservation may be made in respect of any provision of this Convention, with the exception of the reservation is expressly established. Any reservation may be withdrawn at any time.
Article 49 – Denunciation 1 Any Party may, at any time, denounc this Convention by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. 2. Such denunciation shall become effective on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary General.
Article 50 – Notification the Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council of Europe, any State signatory, any State Party, the European Community, to any State invited to sign this Convention in accordanc with the provision of article 45 and any State invited to accede to this Convention in accordanc with the provision of article 46 of (a) any signature; (b) the deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession; (c) any date of entry into force of this Convention in accordanc with articles 45 and 46; (d) any amendment adopted in accordanc with article 44 and the date on which such an amendment to enter into force; (e) any reservation made under article 48; f any denunciation made in pursuanc of the provision of article 49; g any other Act, notification or communication relating to this Convention. In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised, have signed theret this Convention. Done at Lanzarote, this 25th day of October 2007, in English and in French, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified cop to each member State of the Council of Europe, to the non-member States which have participated in the elaborations of this Convention, the European Community and to any State invited to accede to this Convention.
  The Council of Europe Convention on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse

Lanzarote, 2007 October 25 preamble the Member States of the Council of Europe and the other States signatory to this Convention, considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve greater unity between its members; in view of the fact that every child has the right to receive from his family, society and the State the protection appropriate to the status of minors; observing that the sexual exploitation of children, in particular child pornography and prostitution and all forms of sexual violence against children, including offences committed abroad, damaging the health of children and psychosocial development; given that sexual exploitation of children and against children of offences of sexual violence has reached alarming proportions at both national and international level, in particular as regards the children and participants in the crime, are increasingly using information and communication technologies (ICT), and that, to protect children from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse and to combat this phenomenon, international cooperation is needed; given that the child welfare and interests of all the Member States and its core values are promoted without any discrimination; Recalling the third Council of Europe heads of State and Government adopted the action plan (Warsaw, 16-2005 may 17), requiring the careful to draw up measures to stop the sexual exploitation of children; Recalling the recommendation of the Committee of Ministers No. R (91) 11 on child and youth sexual exploitation, pornography, prostitution and trafficking, recommendation Rec (2001) 16 on the protection of children against sexual exploitation, and the Convention on Cybercrime (ETS No. 185), in particular its article 9, as well as the Council of Europe Convention on combating trafficking in human beings (CETA No 197); Bearing in mind the Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms (1950, ETS No. 5), the revised European Social Charter (ETS No. 163, 1996) and the Convention on the rights of the child (1996, ETS No. 160); also bearing in mind the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child, in particular its article 34, the additional protocol on trade in children, child prostitution and child pornography, the United Nations Convention against transnational organised crime, the Protocol on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, to prevent, Suppress and punish, as well as International Labour Organization Convention on the worst forms of child labour prohibition and immediate action for their eradication; Bearing in mind the European Union Council of 22 December 2003, the framework decision 2004/68/JHA on combating the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, the Council of the European Union of 15 March 2001, the framework decision 2001/220/JHA on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings and the European Union Council of 19 July 2002 a framework decision 2002/629/JHA on combating trafficking in human beings; taking into account other relevant international documents and programs in this area, including the Stockholm Declaration and the plan of action adopted at the first World Congress against commercial sexual exploitation of children (1996, 27-31 august), Yokohama common commitment adopted at the second World Congress against commercial sexual exploitation of children (2001 – 20 December 17), the Budapest commitments and plan of action adopted at the second World Congress against commercial sexual exploitation of children in the Preparatory Conference (20, 2001 – November 21) The United Nations General Assembly resolution S-27/2 "child-friendly world" and the three-year programme "building a Europe for and with children", adopted at the third meeting and launched by the Principality of Monaco the Conference (2006, April 4-6); determined to contribute effectively to the common objective, so regardless of who is the investigator, protect children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse and to provide assistance to the victims; taking into account the need to prepare a comprehensive international document which would be centered on the prevention, protection and criminal law aspects in connection with the fight against the sexual exploitation of children and sexual violence against children in all forms and setting out the specific monitoring mechanism, have agreed on the following.
Chapter 1. Objective, non-discrimination principle and definitions article 1. Goal 1. The objective of this Convention are: a) to prevent and combat the sexual exploitation of children and sexual violence against children; (b) to protect the rights of the child), who are victims of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse; (c)) to promote national and international cooperation against sexual exploitation of children and sexual violence against children. 2. in order to ensure that the parties to effectively implement these provisions, the Convention lays down a special monitoring mechanism.
2. article. The principle of non-discrimination in the implementation of the provisions of this Convention, in particular through the victim protection measures, ensuring that any discrimination is prohibited, regardless of whether they are based on a person's gender, race, skin colour, language, religion, political or other beliefs, national or social origin, membership of a minority, property, birth, sexual orientation, State of health, disability or other status.
3. article. Definitions for the purposes of this Convention: (a)) with the term "child" means any person who is less than 18 years of age; (b)) with the term "sexual exploitation and sexual violence against children" means an action referred to in the Convention in article 18-23; (c)) with the term "victim" means any child who is abused and or is a victim of sexual violence.
Chapter 2. Preventive measures article 4. In principle, each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to prevent any kind of child sexual abuse and sexual violence against them and to protect the children.
5. article. With the children of people working in the recruitment, training and awareness 1. each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the protection and rights of children are aware of people who have regular contact with children in the education, health, social protection, legal and law enforcement sectors and areas relating to sport, culture and leisure activities. 2. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that persons referred to in paragraph is adequate knowledge of child sexual abuse and sexual violence against children, ways to tell, and on article 12, paragraph 1 of option. 3. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures, in accordance with national law, ensure that the professions that have regular contact with children, not qualifying persons found guilty of child sexual exploitation or sexual violence against children.
6. article. Educating children each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that, by the end of primary and secondary education, children receive information about sexual abuse and the risk of sexual violence, as well as for self protection, tailored to their stage of development. The following information that you provide, where appropriate, in cooperation with the parents, must go, General information on sexuality and paying special attention to risk situations, especially those involving new information and communication technologies.
7. article. Preventive intervention programmes or measures each Party shall ensure that persons who fear that they might commit any of the offences established in this Convention, where applicable, are available for effective intervention programmes or measures designed to evaluate and prevent the risk of offence.
8. article. Measures to the general public 1. Each Party shall promote or arrange for the general public information campaigns that inform about the sexual exploitation of children and sexual violence against children and on the preventive measures to be carried out. 2. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to discourage or prevent the spread of materials that reflect the offence laid down in this Convention.
9. article. Children, the private sector, the media and civil society participation

1. Each Party shall encourage kids to get involved according to their stage of development public policies, programs and other initiatives in the development and implementation, to combat the sexual exploitation of children and sexual violence against children. 2. Each Party shall encourage the private sector, particularly in information and communication technologies sector, the tourism and travel industry and the banking and financial sector as well as civil society to participate in policy development and implementation, to prevent the sexual exploitation of children and sexual violence against children and the implementation of domestic legislation, through self-regulation or co-regulation. 3. Each Party shall encourage the media to provide adequate information on all the sexual exploitation of children and sexual aspects of violence against children, while respecting the independence of the media and press freedom. 4. Each Party shall encourage the financing, including through a fund created in case assistance, projects and programs by civil society, to prevent the sexual exploitation of children and sexual violence against them and to protect children from them.
Chapter 3. Specialised authorities and coordinating bodies article 10. National coordination and cooperation measures 1 each Party shall take the necessary measures to ensure coordination of national or local level between the different authorities responsible for the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, the prevention of and fight against them, especially in the education sector, health sector, social services and the Executive and the judiciary. 2. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to create or establish: (a)) independent national or local institutions that promote children's rights and defend them, and to ensure that they have certain resources and responsibilities; (b) data collection mechanisms) or contact points at national or local level and in cooperation with civil society, with due regard to the requirements relating to the protection of personal data, could study and assess such phenomena as child sexual abuse and sexual violence against children. 3. each Party shall facilitate cooperation between the competent national authorities, civil society and the private sector, in order to better protect children from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse and to combat the phenomenon.
Chapter 4. Measures of protection and assistance to victims article 11. Principle 1. Each Party shall develop effective social programs and multidisciplinary structures to provide the necessary support to the victims, their loved ones and to any person who is responsible for their care. 2. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the situation can not determine the victim's age, and there is reason to suspect that the victim is a child, protection and assistance measures for children, he is up to his old age.
12. article. The reporting of suspicions that there has been sexual abuse or sexual violence 1. each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that national legal privacy terms imposed certain professions who have to work in contact with children, prevents these employees to report to the authorities responsible for the protection of children, for any situation, for which they have a reasonable suspicion that a child is a victim of sexual exploitation or sexual abuse. 2. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to encourage any person who knows or who in good faith suspected sexual abuse of children or sexual violence against children, of these facts to inform the competent authorities.
13. article. The help lines, each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to promote and support the establishment of information services as telephone or internet help lines to provide advice to callers, including confidential or respecting his anonymity.
14. article. Assisting victims 1. each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures in the short and medium term to help victims of physical and psychosocial recovery process. Taking the measures referred to in this paragraph, take into account the child's views, needs and concerns. 2. each Party shall take measures, in accordance with national law, to cooperate with non-governmental organisations, other relevant organisations and civil society bodies, providing assistance to victims. 3. when the parents or persons having care of the child is located, are involved in sexual exploitation or her sexual violence against her, then in the middle of the procedures carried out in application of article 11, paragraph 1 shall be:-the ability to move about the offender considered a person; -option to remove the person from his family. Conditions for such withdrawal and the duration is to be determined in accordance with the best interests of the child. 4. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the persons close to the victim in the case in question receive therapeutic assistance, especially emergency psychological care.
Chapter 5. Programmes of measures or measures article 15. General principles 1 any party in accordance with national law, provide or contribute to effective intervention programmes or measures for the persons referred to in article 16, paragraphs 1 and 2, and to prevent and mitigate against children sexual offence proceeding of the risk. Such programmes or measures shall be accessible at any time during the criminal proceedings, takes in prison or outside it, as required by State law. 2. each Party shall, in accordance with national law, ensure or promote partnership or any other form of cooperation between the competent authorities, including the health care and social services, judicial authorities and other authorities responsible for article 16, paragraph 1 and 2 of the persons referred to monitoring. 3. to identify suitable programmes or activities, any party in accordance with national law, ensure that such offences are examined the dangers and risks of repeating the offence established by this Convention and by article 16, paragraph 1 and 2 of that person. 4. each Party shall, in accordance with national law, ensure that the program is evaluated and measures.
16. article. The people who designed the programme of activities and measures 1. each Party shall, in accordance with national law, ensure that persons against whom criminal proceedings initiated in connection with any offence specified in this Convention, are available in article 15, paragraph 1 of the programs or measures if they did not cause damage or is not in breach of the rights of defence and the requirements for fair and impartial courts, especially in the light of the rules on the presumption of innocence. 2. each Party shall, in accordance with national law, ensure that persons who have been convicted of any offence specified in this Convention, are available in article 15, paragraph 1 of the programs and measures. 3. each Party shall, in accordance with national law, ensure that programmes of measures or measures are developed or adapted to meet the developmental needs of children who have committed sexual offences, including the needs of children who are younger than the age at which criminal liability arises, and in order to address their sexual behavior problems.
Article 17. Information and consent 1. either party in accordance with national law, ensure that persons referred to in article 16, which provides programmes of measures or measures should be fully informed of the reasons for the offer and agree to the program or event, fully knowing the facts. 2. each Party shall, in accordance with national law, ensure that persons who have offered programmes of measures or measures could be of concern to them, and, in the case of convicted persons to be informed about it, what are the possible consequences of refusal.
Chapter 6. Substantive criminal law article 18. Sexual violence 1. each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that such criminal acts are deliberately made to: (a) sexual activity with the child), in accordance with the relevant national law has not reached the age of sexual initiation; (b)) engaging in sexual activities with a child:-using physical force or manipulation, threat or abuse of a recognised-custody, power or influence over the child, including in the family, or-using situation, when a child is particularly vulnerable, particularly mental retardation, physical disabilities or lack of independence. 2. In connection with paragraph 1 of this article, each Party shall determine up to what age the children are forbidden to engage in sexual activities. 3. paragraph 1, point a (a)) doesn't regulate consensual sexual activities between minors.
19. article. Offences related to child prostitution

1. each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that such criminal acts are deliberate actions: (a) the child's involvement in prostitution) or incitement of a child to engage in prostitution; (b)) a child's coercion to engage in prostitution or profit from it, or otherwise use the child for such purposes; c) child prostitution services. 2. for the purposes of this article, the term "child prostitution" means the use of a child in sexual activities which is given or promised payment in cash or other consideration or compensation, regardless of whether such payment, promise or compensation is given to the child or to a third party.
20. article. Offences related to child pornography 1. each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that such criminal act is intentional action, made without the appropriate rights: a) the production of child pornography; (b)) child pornography or transfer of counter proposals; (c)) child pornography material distribution or transmission; (d)) child pornography material purchase for yourself or another person; e) child pornography material storage; f) deliberate child pornography material, use of information and communication technologies. 2. for the purposes of this article, the term "child pornography" shall mean any material that visually depicts children engaged in real or not real explicit sexual activities or any Visual images, a child's genitals for sexual purposes. 3. Each Party may reserve the right to fully or partly not to apply paragraph 1 of this article, (a)) and e) provided for the pornographic material manufacture and storage:-which is not only quite realistic depictions or images with a non-existent child; -involving children who have reached the article 18, paragraph 2, of the same age and that these materials are manufactured and stored, if these materials are made with their permission and only for their personal use. 4. Each Party may reserve the right to fully or partially from the application of paragraph 1 of this article (f)).
21. article. Offences related to child participation in pornographic performances 1. each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that such criminal acts are deliberate actions: (a) the involvement of the child pornographic) performances or incitement of a child to participate in them; (b) children of nötigung participate) pornographic performances or profit from it, or otherwise use the child for such purposes; c) conscious that pornographic performers, which involve children. 2. Each Party may reserve the right to limit paragraph 1 of this article, the application of subparagraph (c)) in cases where children have been involved in or pressed in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article a) or (b)).
22. article. Seduction in depravity of children each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to criminally punish the fact that children who have not reached the paragraph 2 of article 18 of that age, sexual purposes consciously makes sexual violence a witness or sexual activities, even if he does not participate in them.
23. article. Grooming children sexual purposes each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to criminally punish the fact that adult knowingly with the information and communication technology offer to meet with a child who has not reached the article 18, paragraph 2 of the age to make against him one of article 18, paragraph 1 (a)) or under article 20 (a)) of the offences listed in point If after this the offer is made to the materials mentioned in the meeting happen.
24. article. Supporting and promoting or attempt 1. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to establish as criminal offences that are promoted or supported any of the offences covered by this Convention. 2. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to establish as criminal offences any attempt deliberately to commit offences referred to in this Convention. 3. Each Party may reserve the right to fully or partially from the application of paragraph 2 of this article, the offences referred to in article 20, paragraph 1 (b)), (d), (e) and (f)))), article 21, paragraph 1 (c)), 22 and 23.
25. article. 1. Jurisdiction each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to establish its jurisdiction over any of the offences established in this Convention, when the offence is committed: (a) or (b) its territory)) on the ship, which is the flag State, that party, or (c)) on the aircraft, registered in accordance with that party's law, or (d)), if someone did it its nationals or e) if the offence committed by the person who is habitually resident in its territory. 2. Any party dedicating efforts to perform the necessary laws, regulations or other measures for purposes of determining its jurisdiction in respect of any offence specified in this Convention, when the offence is committed against a national of that State or a person habitually resident in its territory. 3. Any party at the time of signature or when deposits an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe a declaration can declare that reserves the right not to apply or to apply only in special cases this article 1, point (e)) referred to the jurisdiction rules. 4. in relation to the prosecution of the offences established in this Convention, article 19, article 20, paragraph 1 (a)), and article 21, paragraph 1 (a)) and (b)), each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that its jurisdiction in respect of paragraph 1 of this article, (d)) is not subject to the condition that these offences are criminal in their site. 5. Any party when signing or depositing an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe a declaration can declare that reserves the right to restrict the application of article relating to article 18, paragraph 1 (b)) in the second and third indent of the said offences in cases where the nationals habitually resident in its territory. 6. with regard to the prosecution of the offences established in this Convention, article 19, article 20, paragraph 1 (a)), and in article 21, each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that its jurisdiction in respect of paragraph 1 of this article, d) and (e)) is not subject to the condition that the prosecution can be initiated only after the victim lodged a report or after the allegations raised by the country in which the offence is committed. 7. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to establish its jurisdiction over the offences covered by this Convention in cases where the alleged offender is situated in its territory and when they cannot be issued to the other party, on the basis of his citizenship. 8. If more than one party claimed that the alleged offence established by this Convention, under its jurisdiction, the parties involved in the case in question shall consult to determine the most appropriate jurisdiction for prosecution. 9. Without prejudice to international law general provisions, this Convention allows any criminal jurisdiction applicable party in accordance with national law.
26. article. Liability of legal persons 1. each Party shall take the necessary legislative and other measures to ensure that legal persons can be held liable for the offences established in this Convention, which for them has done any physical person acted individually or the structure of a legal person, as a manager of the legal person concerned, and that such offences shall be made on the basis of: (a)) power of representation of the legal person; (b)) the authority to take decisions on behalf of the legal person; (c)) to make legal persons the powers of internal controls. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 of this article, the cases referred to in each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that legal persons can be held liable if, in the absence of supervision or control to be carried out referred to in paragraph 1, a natural person, a legal person under the existing natural person has become possible that legal persons the right to do any of the offences established in this Convention. 3. In accordance with the principles of the party which legal persons may be criminal, civil or administrative liability. 4. Such liability shall be without prejudice to the criminal liability of the natural persons who have committed offences.
27. article. Penalties and remedies

1. each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the offences established in this Convention, taking into account their gravity are subject to effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties. Such a penalty may be imprisonment, which can boost output. 2. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures, to the person responsible, in accordance with article 26, get effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties, which may be criminal and non-criminal fines and may include other measures, including: a) take away the entitlement to public benefits or aid; b) temporary or permanent disqualification from the practice of commercial activities; (c)) expose judicial oversight; d) a judicial winding-up order. 3. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to remove and confiscate a):-goods, documents and other resources, which are used in this Convention to the offences or the promotion; -income derived from such offences, or property the value of which corresponds to such proceeds; b) temporarily or permanently closed by the authorities, used in committing the offences specified in the Convention, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties, or temporarily or permanently prohibit the offender to carry out professional or voluntary activities involving contact with children and in respect of which the offence was committed. 4. Any party may take other measures for offenders, such as take away parental rights or to make a person convicted or the monitoring of surveillance. 5. Each Party may decide that the obtained funds or property confiscated in accordance with this article may be included in a special fund to finance preventive and assistance provided for persons who are victims of any of the offences established in this Convention.
28. article. Aggravating circumstances each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures, to the following conditions, provided they do not constitute the existing composition of the offence, in accordance with national law, are taken into account as aggravating circumstances when you determine the penalty for the offences covered by this Convention: a) crime suffering serious injury of a person subjected to physical or mental health; (b)) at the beginning or during the use of torture or serious violence; (c) the offence is committed against a) particularly vulnerable person; (d) the offence committed) a family member, a person living with the victim, the child or the person who abused their position; (e) the offence committed) several individuals together; f) offence committed organized group; g) offence committed person who has previously been convicted for such offences.
29. article. Earlier convictions each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that when determining the penalty, taking into account other parties sentenced the punishment for the offences established in this Convention.
Chapter 7. Investigation, prosecution and procedural law article 30. Principle 1. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that in the course of investigations and criminal proceedings to take account of the best interests of the child and respect his rights. 2. Any party against victims used a protective approach, ensuring that investigations and criminal proceedings do not aggravate the situation of the child's condition following the injury and after manifestations kriminālprocesuālaj actions, where appropriate, to provide assistance. 3. each Party shall ensure that investigations and criminal proceedings receive priority and to the investigation and criminal proceedings proceed without undue delay. 4. each Party shall ensure that the measures laid down in this chapter do not affect the rights of defence and the requirement for fair and impartial courts in accordance with the Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in article 6. 5. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures, in accordance with national legislation, certain underlying principles:-to ensure effective investigation and prosecution of the offences established in this Convention, the relevant situation allowing undercover operations; -to persons who suffered from the 20 to the offences mentioned in article, or investigating authorities should be identified, in particular through child pornographic material analysis, such as photographs and audiovisual recordings of the analysis that is transmitted or otherwise made available to you through the use of information and communication technologies.
31. article. General protective measures 1 each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to protect the rights and interests of victims, including the special requirements they have witnesses, in all stages of investigation and prosecution: a) informing them of their rights and available services and, if they want to receive the following information on the measures undertaken by their receipt of a complaint, indictment, the overall pace of investigations and prosecutions in the Member States and their role in the process as well as the outcome of the case; b) with at least in those cases where the victims and their families may be threatened, so they are informed, if necessary, when the accused or convicted person will be temporarily or permanently exempted; (c)) in accordance with national procedural rules giving them the opportunity to be heard, to give evidence and to choose the means by which directly or through an intermediary and communicated their views to the appearance, needs and concerns; (d) providing appropriate assistance to them), to their rights and interests would be appropriately communicated and taken into account; (e)), in accordance with national laws protecting their privacy, identity and reputation and taking measures to prevent any spread of the public information that could reveal their identity; (f)) to ensure that they, as well as their families and witnesses should be protected from intimidation, retaliation or repeated persecution; g) ensuring that the victim and perpetrator come into contact and the law enforcement authorities of the court premises, unless the competent authority decides otherwise in the interest of the child, or if an investigation or proceeding does not require such contact. 2. each Party shall ensure that victims from their first contact with the competent authorities access to information on the legal and administrative process. 3. each Party shall ensure that, where the victims are likely to get the status of the parties in criminal proceedings, they have access to legal aid, in justified cases, is provided free of charge. 4. each Party shall provide the opportunity for law enforcement agencies to designate the special representative if the victim, in accordance with national law, the parties may apply for him in criminal proceedings and the status if the parents can only persons are denied representation of the child in the process because of a conflict of interest between them and the victim. 5. each Party shall, through laws, regulations or other measures, in accordance with national law, provide for the possibility of groups, foundations, associations or governmental or non-governmental organizations to help and/or support the victims with their consent during criminal proceedings concerning the offences established in this Convention. 6. each Party shall ensure that information in accordance with this article to victims are given their age and maturity and in a manner they can understand.
32. article. The initiation of each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the proceedings or investigation of offences under this Convention is not dependent on a report or accusation and that proceedings may continue even if the victim has withdrawn their statements.
33. article. The limitation provisions each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the limitation period of accession proceedings on article 18, article 19 paragraph 1 (a) and (b)) and) article 21, paragraph 1 (a)) and (b)) the offences listed in point is long enough to be able to effectively initiate proceedings when the victim has reached the age of majority, and that this period should be commensurate with the gravity of the crime.
34. article. Investigation 1. Each Party shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the persons responsible for the investigation, the unit or service are specialised in combating the sexual exploitation of children and sexual abuse or are trained for the purpose. Such units or services are allocated sufficient financial resources. 2. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that confusion about the true age of the victim shall not prevent the initiation of criminal investigations.
35. article. Child's interrogation

1. each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that: (a) questioning of the child takes place) without undue delay after the competent authorities have received the facts; (b) the child, if necessary) the interrogation takes place or a custom created for this purpose in the premises; (c) the interrogation of a child runs) for this purpose, the trained professionals; (d)) if possible and if you have the appropriate situation, one and the same person controls all interrogation; interrogation of e) as limited, and it is just as much as you need for criminal proceedings; f) children may be accompanied by his legal representative or his designated as appropriate adult, unless, in the case of persons not decided otherwise reasonable decision. 2. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that all of the victim and, where appropriate, the child who is a witness, cross-examination can be recorded on the tape, and the tape recorded interrogation may be accepted as evidence in the proceedings in accordance with national law. 3. when the victim's age is not clear and there is reason to believe that the victim is a child, 1. and 2. the measures laid down in paragraph 1 is to be carried out before his retirement.
36. in Criminal proceedings 1. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures, in accordance with the provisions of the legal profession autonomy to ensure that training on the rights of the child and the sexual exploitation of children, and sexual violence against children is available to all persons involved in the proceedings, in particular judges, prosecutors and lawyers. 2. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that, in accordance with national law: (a) the judge may determine) the proceedings in closed session; (b)) the victim may be heard at the hearing without his presence, that is, the use of appropriate communication technologies;
Chapter 8. Recording and storage of article 37. For sexual offences convicted person national data registration and storage of 1. To prevent and prosecute for offences established in this Convention, each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures, in accordance with national law on the protection of personal data and any other relevant terms and guarantees to gather and store their personal identity and genetic (DNA) profile data, which convicted of the offences established in this Convention. 2. Any party at the time of signature or of its deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall send the deposit at the time of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe its state the name and address of the authority which is responsible in the context referred to in paragraph 1. 3. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be transferred to other parties to the competent authority, in accordance with national law and relevant international legal documents.
9. chapter. International co-operation article 38. The General principles of international cooperation and means 1. the Parties shall cooperate in accordance with the provisions of this Convention, the application of the relevant international and regional documents, measures that have been agreed on the basis of uniform or reciprocal legislation, and domestic law, the widest possible extent, to: (a) prevent and combat) the sexual exploitation of children and sexual violence against children; b) protect victims and provide them with assistance; (c) investigations and judicial proceedings) for the offences established in this Convention. 2. Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the victims of the offences established in this Convention for the territory of that party, which is the residence of the victim may submit a request to the competent authorities of your country of residence. 3. where a party, providing mutual legal assistance in criminal matters or extradition made under the existing contract between the party with which it has concluded such contract, requesting legal assistance or extradition, then make this the first that party may consider this Convention as the legal basis for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters or extradition for the offences established in this Convention. 4. each Party shall, where appropriate, the sexual exploitation of children and sexual abuse prevention and fight against these phenomena is trying to integrate the assistance programmes for third countries ' development.
Chapter 10. Monitoring mechanism article 39. The Committee of the parties 1 the Committee of the parties. the Convention consists of representatives of the Member States. 2. the Committee of the Parties shall be convened by the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. The first meeting takes place one year after the entry into force of this Convention, when the Convention is ratified by the tenth country that has signed it. Then it shall meet on the date, at the request of at least one third of the parties or by the Secretary-General. The parties, the Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
40. article. Other representatives 1. Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Commissioner for human rights, the European Committee for crime problems (ENPK), as well as other relevant intergovernmental committees of the Council of Europe to appoint its representative in the Committee of the parties. 2. the Committee of Ministers may invite other Council of Europe appointed a representative instance of party Committee after consultation with the latter. 3. Representatives of civil society, particularly non-governmental organizations, the Committee of the Parties shall be open to observers, subject to the regulations of the Council of Europe in the relevant procedures. 4. representatives designated in accordance with paragraph 1, paragraph 3, of the Committee of the parties meetings without voting rights.
41. article. The functions of the Committee of the parties 1 the Committee of the parties. monitor the implementation of this Convention. The rules of procedure of the Committee of the Parties shall determine the order in which evaluate the implementation of this Convention. 2. the Committee of the Parties shall facilitate the exchange of information, experience and good practice solutions for the collection, analysis and exchange between the countries to improve their capacity to prevent and combat the sexual exploitation of children and sexual violence against children. 3. in addition, in the case in question, the Committee of the parties: (a) of the Convention) facilitate the effective use and implementation, including the identification of constraints and consequences resulting from any declaration or reservation made under this Convention; (b)) expresses views on any matter relating to the application of this Convention, and facilitate the exchange of information on significant changes in the legal, political or technological field. 4. the Secretariat shall assist the Council of Europe and the Committee of the parties to carry out its functions in accordance with this article. 5. the European Committee for crime problems (ENPK) must be periodically informed of this article 1, 2, and 3. the actions referred to in paragraph 1.
11. chapter. Relationship with other international legal documents article 42. Relationship with the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child and its Optional Protocol on the trafficking of children, child prostitution and child pornography this Convention shall not affect the rights and obligations under the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child and its Optional Protocol on the trafficking of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and it is intended to reinforce the protection provided in these documents, and improve and complement the standards contained therein.
43. article. Relationship with other international legal documents 1. This Convention shall not affect the rights and obligations by virtue of other international instruments to which Member States are parties to this Convention or to join and which contain provisions on matters governed by this Convention and which ensure greater protection and assistance for children victims of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse. 2. the Member States of the Convention on matters governed by this Convention, the other can enter into bilateral or multilateral agreements in order to supplement or strengthen the provisions of this Convention or to facilitate the implementation of the principles contained therein. 3. the parties which are Member States of the European Union, in their mutual relations, apply Community and European Union rules in so far as the matter concerned there are community or European Union rules which may apply in the particular case, without prejudice to the object and purpose of this Convention and without prejudice to its full application in other Member States.
12. chapter. Amendments to the Convention article 44. The amendments to the

1. any request of any party to make an amendment to this Convention shall be communicated to the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, who shall forward it to the Member States of the Council of Europe, to any signatory, to any party, the European Community, to any State invited to sign this Convention in accordance with article 45, paragraph 1, and any State invited to accede to, this Convention in accordance with article 46 (1) of the regulation. 2. all parties proposed amendments shall be communicated to the European Committee for crime problems (ENPK), which shall submit to the Committee of Ministers its opinion on that proposed amendment. 3. the Committee of Ministers shall consider the proposed amendment and the opinion submitted by the ENPK and after consultation with the countries which are not Member States of the Council of Europe, but is a party to this Convention, may adopt the amendment. 4. any amendment to the text, adopted by the Committee of Ministers in accordance with paragraph 3 of this article, shall be forwarded to the parties for acceptance. 5. any amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph 3 of this article, shall enter into force on the first day of the month, one month has elapsed from the date on which all parties have notified the Secretary-General that it accepts the amendment.
13. chapter. Final clauses article 45. The signing and entry into force 1 this Convention shall be open for signature. Council of Europe Member States, States which are not Member States of the Council of Europe, but have participated in the elaboration of this Convention as well as the European Community. 2. This Convention shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. The instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. 3. this Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of three months from the date on which five signatories, including at least three Member States of the Council of Europe, have expressed their consent to be bound by the Convention to recognize this in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. 4. in relation to any of the other countries referred to in paragraph 1, or the European Community, which subsequently express their consent to recognize this Convention for binding, it shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of three months from the date on which the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.
46. article. 1. Accession to the Convention when this Convention has entered into force, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, after consulting the parties to this Convention and received their unanimous consent, invite any non-Member State of the Council of Europe and which has not participated in the elaboration of this Convention, to accede to this Convention by a decision taken by majority vote, as provided for in the Statute of the Council of Europe, article 20 d) and unanimously voted to the representatives of the Contracting States, which are entitled to participate in the Committee of Ministers. 2. For each State acceding, this Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of three months from the date on which the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe instrument of accession is deposited.
47. article. Territorial application 1 any State or the European Community when signing this Convention or by submitting the document on its ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, specify the territory or territories to which this Convention applies. 2. any party may, at any later date, by Council of Europe a declaration addressed to the Secretary General, extend the application of this Convention to any other territory specified in the Declaration and for whose international relations it is responsible or on whose behalf it is authorized to enter into commitments. In respect of such territory the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of three months from the date on which the Secretary-General that Declaration. 3. Any declarations come up, taking into account both the above points down, in respect of any territory mentioned in this declaration may be withdrawn by a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Withdrawal shall take effect on the first day of the month following the expiration of three months from the date on which the Secretary-General received this notification.
48. article. Reservations reservations may not be made in relation to the provisions of this Convention, except the provisions where this is expressly provided for. Any reservation may be withdrawn at any time.
49. article. Denunciation 1. either party may at any time denounce this Convention by notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. 2. Denunciation shall take effect on the first day of the month following the expiration of three months from the date on which the Secretary-General of the notification.
50. article. Notification the Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the Member States of the Council of Europe, to any signatory, to any party, the European Community, to any State invited to sign this Convention in accordance with article 45 and any country that invited to accede to this Convention in accordance with article 46: (a) any signature;) (b)) on any deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession the deposit; c) any date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with article 45 and 46; (d) any amendment) adopted in accordance with article 44, and the date on which the amendment enters into force; (e) any reservation) made in accordance with article 48; (c) any denunciation) carried out in accordance with the provisions of article 49; g) than any other Convention-related, communication or message. In witness whereof, the undersigned, duly authorized, have signed this Convention. Convention signed in Lanzarote 2007 October 25 in English and French, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy, deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary-General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies of this Convention to all Council of Europe Member States, States which are not Member States of the Council of Europe, but have participated in the elaboration of this Convention, the European Community and all the countries invited to join it.