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CRC Article 34 - States Parties undertake to protect the child from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse. For these purposes, States Parties shall in particular take all appropriate national, bilateral and multilateral measures to prevent: (a) The inducement or coercion of a child to engage in any unlawful sexual activity; (b) The exploitative use of children in prostitution or other unlawful sexual practices; (c) The exploitative use of children in pornographic performances and materials.
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CRC-21(b) Undertake awareness-raising campaigns with the tourism industry and the public at large on the prevention of child sex tourism and widely disseminate the charter of honour for tourism and the World Tourism Organization global code of ethics for tourism among travel agents and in the tourism industry; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-21(c) Strengthen its international cooperation against child sex tourism through multilateral, regional and bilateral arrangements for its prevention and elimination, including executing international information exchange agreements so that sex offenders can be identified while crossing borders. Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-45(a) The Committee recommends that the State party:(a) Raise the minimum age for sexual consent to an internationally acceptable standard; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-45(b) The Committee recommends that the State party:45(b)Amend legislation to define sexual abuse in conformity with the Convention and to ensure that all children subject to any form of sexual exploitation are treated as victims and not subject to criminal sanctions; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-45(c) The Committee recommends that the State party:(c) Repeal article 14 of the 2009 Act with the view to ensuring that all forms of sexual abuse, including marital rape are criminalized and punished with penalties commensurate with the gravity of the offence, and finalise and enact the Evidence Bill; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-45(d) The Committee recommends that the State party:45(d) Establish mechanisms, procedures and guidelines to ensure the duty to report all cases of child sexual abuse and exploitation; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-45(e) The Committee recommends that the State party:45(e) Ensure effective prosecution against and commensurate sanctions for perpetrators of sexual exploitation and abuse, including through sensitization of judges regarding sexual abuse of girls; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-45(f) The Committee recommends that the State party:45(f) Conduct awareness-raising activities to combat the stigmatization of victims of sexual exploitation and abuse, including incest, and ensure accessible, confidential, child-friendly and effective reporting channels for such violations; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-45(g) .The Committee recommends that the State party:45(g) Strengthen the development of programmes and policies for the prevention, recovery and social reintegration of child victims, including the provision of adequate shelters, in accordance with the outcome documents adopted at the World Congresses against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. Convention on the Rights of the Child 
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