Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

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Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

Thematic Report 2005

The 2005 report of the Special Rapporteur to the Commission on Human Rights focuses on child pornography on the Internet.

"Information technologies offer unprecedented opportunities to communicate, learn
and participate. The Web is a space of nearly unlimited freedom where real and virtual blur together and cybernauts hide their identities behind smiling emoticons. This no man’s land is vulnerable to abusive and harmful use and is proving to be permeated by an alarming proliferation of child pornographic material." (par.116 E/CN.4/2005/78)

The Special Rapporteur requested all governments to submit to him information for the preparation of his report on the basis of the following questionnaire.

Questionnaire: English- French- Spanish

The following States replied:

China

Colombia

Cote d’Ivoire

Croatia