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style="background-color:#e0e0e0; color:black;"> </span> States that have not signed</div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signed</th><td class="infobox-data">25 May 2000<sup id="cite_ref-Protocol2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Protocol2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location">New York<sup id="cite_ref-Protocol2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Protocol2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Effective</th><td class="infobox-data">18 January 2002<sup id="cite_ref-Protocol2_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Protocol2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Condition</th><td class="infobox-data">10 ratifications<sup id="cite_ref-Protocol2_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Protocol2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signatories</th><td class="infobox-data attendee plainlist">121<sup id="cite_ref-Protocol2_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Protocol2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parties</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">178<sup id="cite_ref-Protocol2_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Protocol2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Depositary</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations" title="Secretary-General of the United Nations">UN Secretary-General</a><sup id="cite_ref-UN_ARES54263_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_ARES54263-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Languages</th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian & Spanish<sup id="cite_ref-UN_ARES54263_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_ARES54263-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Protocol_(diplomacy)" title="Protocol (diplomacy)">protocol</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child" title="Convention on the Rights of the Child">Convention on the Rights of the Child</a> and requires parties to prohibit the <a href="/wiki/Sale_of_children" class="mw-redirect" title="Sale of children">sale of children</a>, <a href="/wiki/Child_prostitution" title="Child prostitution">child prostitution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Child_pornography" title="Child pornography">child pornography</a>. </p><p>The Protocol was adopted by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> in 2000<sup id="cite_ref-UN_ARES54263_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_ARES54263-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and entered into force on 18 January 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-Protocol2_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Protocol2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of April 2024, 178 states are party to the protocol.<sup id="cite_ref-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the preamble, the protocol is intended to achieve the purposes of certain articles in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, where the rights are defined with the provision that parties should take "appropriate measures" to protect them. Article 1 of the protocol requires parties to protect the rights and interests of <a href="/wiki/Trafficking_of_children" title="Trafficking of children">child victims of trafficking</a>, child prostitution and child pornography, <a href="/wiki/Child_labour" title="Child labour">child labour</a> and especially the <a href="/wiki/Worst_Forms_of_Child_Labour_Convention,_1999" class="mw-redirect" title="Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999">worst forms of child labour</a>. </p><p>The remaining articles in the protocol outline the standards for international law enforcement covering diverse issues such as jurisdictional factors, extradition, mutual assistance in investigations, criminal or extradition proceedings and seizure and confiscation of assets as well. </p><p>It also obliges parties to pass laws within their own territories against these practices "punishable by appropriate penalties that take into account their grave nature." </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definitions">Definitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Optional_Protocol_on_the_Sale_of_Children,_Child_Prostitution_and_Child_Pornography&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Protocol requires parties to prohibit the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Article 2 defines the prohibition: </p> <ul><li><b>Sale of children</b> – Any act or transaction whereby a child is transferred by any person or group of persons to another for remuneration or any other consideration.</li> <li><b>Child prostitution</b> – Use of a child in sexual activities for remuneration or any other form of consideration.</li> <li><b>Child pornography</b> – Any representation, by whatever means, of a child engaged in real or simulated explicit sexual activities or any representation of the sexual parts of a child for primarily sexual purposes.</li></ul> <p>The Convention generally defines a child as any human being under the age of 18, unless an earlier age of majority is recognized by a country's law. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parties_and_reservations">Parties and reservations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Optional_Protocol_on_the_Sale_of_Children,_Child_Prostitution_and_Child_Pornography&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parties and reservations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>List of countries that are parties to the protocol as of October 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Optional_Protocol_on_the_Sale_of_Children,_Child_Prostitution_and_Child_Pornography&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>:<sup id="cite_ref-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>; 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<a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a>; <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reservations_and_territorial_application">Reservations and territorial application</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Optional_Protocol_on_the_Sale_of_Children,_Child_Prostitution_and_Child_Pornography&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reservations and territorial application"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="China">China</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Optional_Protocol_on_the_Sale_of_Children,_Child_Prostitution_and_Child_Pornography&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In China's ratification, the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong Special Administrative Region</a> was excluded, but the <a href="/wiki/Macao" class="mw-redirect" title="Macao">Macao Special Administrative Region</a> was included.<sup id="cite_ref-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Denmark">Denmark</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Optional_Protocol_on_the_Sale_of_Children,_Child_Prostitution_and_Child_Pornography&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Denmark"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On ratification on 24 July 2003, Denmark excluded the territories of the <a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a>. This exclusion was withdrawn on 10 October 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Netherlands">Netherlands</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Optional_Protocol_on_the_Sale_of_Children,_Child_Prostitution_and_Child_Pornography&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Netherlands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Initially the ratification only applied to the European part of the Netherlands. On 17 October 2006, it was extended to <a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a>, on 10 October 2010, to the Caribbean part of the Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a>) and on 20 September 2022 to <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The convention does not apply to Sint Maarten. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Optional_Protocol_on_the_Sale_of_Children,_Child_Prostitution_and_Child_Pornography&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>New Zealand's ratification excluded the islands of <a href="/wiki/Tokelau" title="Tokelau">Tokelau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Qatar">Qatar</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Optional_Protocol_on_the_Sale_of_Children,_Child_Prostitution_and_Child_Pornography&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Qatar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Qatar added in its signing statement that it was "subject to a general reservation regarding any provisions in the protocol that are in conflict with the <a href="/wiki/Shariah_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Shariah Law">Islamic Shariah</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-opstatus_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opstatus-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Objections to this reservation were registered in the signing statements by Austria, France, Germany, Norway, Spain and Sweden. Qatar withdrew the reservation on 18 June 2008, and currently has no reservations to the Protocol.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Optional_Protocol_on_the_Sale_of_Children,_Child_Prostitution_and_Child_Pornography&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The United Kingdom's original ratification was only applicable to the UK and not the <a href="/wiki/Crown_dependencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown dependencies">Crown dependencies</a> or dependent territories. On 29 April 2014, the <a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Bailiwick of Jersey</a> and on 4 November 2020, <a href="/wiki/Guernsey" title="Guernsey">Guernsey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alderney" title="Alderney">Alderney</a> were included.<sup id="cite_ref-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Vietnam">Vietnam</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Optional_Protocol_on_the_Sale_of_Children,_Child_Prostitution_and_Child_Pornography&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Vietnam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On ratification, Vietnam included reservations regarding article 5 (1), (2), (3), and (4) of the protocol<sup id="cite_ref-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (which relate to the extradition of those who have offended under the protocol).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reservation were withdrawn on 26 March 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Definitions_of_child_pornography">Definitions of child pornography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Optional_Protocol_on_the_Sale_of_Children,_Child_Prostitution_and_Child_Pornography&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Definitions of child pornography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Belgium and the US have defined child pornography in regards to the protocol as "visual representation of a child engaged in real or simulated sexual activities or of the genitalia of a child where the dominant characteristic is depiction for a sexual purpose".<sup id="cite_ref-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Denmark and Malaysia's definition in their protocol declarations is "any visual representation".<sup id="cite_ref-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Nations_Treaty_Collection-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sweden has clarified its interpretation of child pornography as applying only to the visual representation of sexual acts with a minor, and not applying to adults acting, posing, or dressing, as a minor.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Optional_Protocol_on_the_Sale_of_Children,_Child_Prostitution_and_Child_Pornography&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe_Convention_on_the_Protection_of_Children_against_Sexual_Exploitation_and_Sexual_Abuse" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse">Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Rapporteur_on_the_sale_of_children,_child_prostitution_and_child_pornography" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography">Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Optional_Protocol_on_the_Sale_of_Children,_Child_Prostitution_and_Child_Pornography&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Motion_picture_content_rating_system#United_Arab_Emirates" title="Motion picture content rating system">United Arab Emirates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFBCD9;;width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Motion_picture_content_rating_system#Bulgaria" title="Motion picture content rating system">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motion_picture_content_rating_system#Demark" title="Motion picture content rating system">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motion_picture_content_rating_system#Estonia" title="Motion picture content rating system">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motion_picture_content_rating_system#Finland" title="Motion picture content rating system">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pornography_by_region#France" class="mw-redirect" title="Pornography by region">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pornography_by_region#Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Pornography by region">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motion_picture_content_rating_system#Greece" title="Motion picture content rating system">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pornography_by_region#Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Pornography by region">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pornography_by_region#Iceland" class="mw-redirect" title="Pornography by region">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Film_Classification_Office" title="Irish Film Classification Office">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pornography_by_region#Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Pornography by region">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motion_picture_content_rating_system#Latvia" title="Motion picture content rating system">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motion_picture_content_rating_system#Malta" title="Motion picture content rating system">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Institute_for_the_Classification_of_Audiovisual_Media" title="Netherlands Institute for the Classification of Audiovisual Media">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Media_Authority" title="Norwegian Media Authority">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motion_picture_content_rating_system#Poland" title="Motion picture content rating system">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motion_picture_content_rating_system#Portugal" title="Motion picture content rating system">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pornography_by_region#Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Pornography by region">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motion_picture_content_rating_system#Spain" title="Motion picture content rating system">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motion_picture_content_rating_system#Sweden" title="Motion picture content rating system">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pornography_by_region#Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Pornography by region">Ukraine</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="UK" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFBCD9;text-align:center;;width:1%">UK</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Audiovisual_Media_Services_Regulations_2014" title="Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014">Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Board_of_Film_Classification" title="British Board of Film Classification">British Board of Film Classification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_on_Obscenity_and_Film_Censorship" title="Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship">Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obscene_Publications_Act_1959" title="Obscene Publications Act 1959">Obscene Publications Act 1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Section_63_of_the_Criminal_Justice_and_Immigration_Act_2008" title="Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008">Possession of Extreme Pornographic Images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_Recordings_Act_2010" title="Video Recordings Act 2010">Video Recordings Act 2010</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFBCD9;;width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Classification_Board#Organizations" title="Australian Classification Board">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Film_and_Literature_Classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of Film and Literature Classification">New Zealand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFBCD9;;width:1%">Cases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/American_Booksellers_Ass%27n,_Inc._v._Hudnut" title="American Booksellers Ass'n, Inc. v. Hudnut">American Booksellers v. Hudnut</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/People_v._Freeman" title="People v. Freeman">California v. Freeman</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jacobellis_v._Ohio" title="Jacobellis v. Ohio">Jacobellis v. Ohio</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Miller_v._California" title="Miller v. California">Miller v. California</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/R_v_Butler" title="R v Butler">R v Butler</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/R_v_Glad_Day_Bookshops_Inc" title="R v Glad Day Bookshops Inc">R v Glad Day Bookshops Inc</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/R_v_Peacock" title="R v Peacock">R v Peacock</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reno_v._American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union">Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Renton_v._Playtime_Theatres,_Inc." title="Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.">Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stanley_v._Georgia" title="Stanley v. Georgia">Stanley v. Georgia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Extreme_Associates,_Inc." title="United States v. Extreme Associates, Inc.">United States v. Extreme Associates</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Playboy_Entertainment_Group,_Inc." title="United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.">United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFBCD9;;width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meese_Report" title="Meese Report">Meese Report</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President%27s_Commission_on_Obscenity_and_Pornography" title="President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography">President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FBAED2;;width:1%;background: #FFA6C9;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Legality_of_child_pornography" title="Legality of child pornography">Child<br />pornography<br />laws</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFBCD9;;width:1%">By country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Child_pornography_laws_in_Australia" title="Child pornography laws in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Child_pornography_laws_in_Canada" title="Child pornography laws in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Information_Technology_Act,_2000" title="Information Technology Act, 2000">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Child_pornography_laws_in_Japan" title="Child pornography laws in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Child_pornography_laws_in_the_Netherlands" title="Child pornography laws in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Child_pornography_in_the_Philippines" title="Child pornography in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Child_pornography_laws_in_Portugal" title="Child pornography laws in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Child_pornography_laws_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Child pornography laws in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Child_pornography_laws_in_the_United_States" title="Child pornography laws in the United States">United States</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Child_Pornography_Prevention_Act_of_1996" title="Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996">Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996</a></small></li> <li><small><i><a href="/wiki/New_York_v._Ferber" title="New York v. Ferber">New York v. Ferber</a></i></small></li> <li><small><i><a href="/wiki/Osborne_v._Ohio" title="Osborne v. Ohio">Osborne v. Ohio</a></i></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/PROTECT_Act_of_2003" title="PROTECT Act of 2003">PROTECT Act of 2003</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Williams_(2008)" title="United States v. Williams (2008)"><i>United States v. 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