Seventy-first session

11-29 January 2016

Item 4 of the provisional agenda

Consideration of reports of States parties

List of issues in relation to the report submitted by Peru under article 12, paragraph 1, of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

The State party is requested to submit in writing additional , updated information (15 pages maximum), if possible before 15 October 2015.

The Committee may take up any aspect of children ’ s rights set out in the Optional Protocol during the dialogue with the State party.

1.Please provide information on progress made in setting up a system for gathering statistical information on all the matters covered by the Optional Protocol.

2.Please provide statistics (disaggregated by sex, age, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, socioeconomic status, and rural or urban origin) from the past three years relating to:

(a)The number of cases of the sale of children, child prostitution or child pornography or any other kind of exploitation, including sex tourism, and the action taken in those cases, including the prosecution and punishment of those responsible;

(b)The number of children or adolescents trafficked to, from or within the State party, for the purpose of sale, prostitution, forced labour, illegal adoption, organ transfer or pornography, as defined in article 3, paragraph 1, of the Optional Protocol, and the action taken in those cases, including the prosecution and punishment of those responsible;

(c)The number of children and adolescents offered, delivered or accepted by whatever means for the purpose of prostitution, forced labour, illegal adoption, organ transfer, pornography or marriage, as well as information on the action taken in those cases, including the prosecution and punishment of those responsible.

3.Please provide information on specific measures in the National Plan of Action for Children and Adolescents 2012-2021 and the National Plan of Action to Combat Human Trafficking 2011-2016 aimed at eliminating the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Please also provide information on results achieved to date in those areas at the national and regional levels.

4.Please clarify which authority is responsible for coordinating the implementation of the Optional Protocol, what its specific responsibilities are and how it coordinates its activities with the bodies in charge of its implementation, in particular the Ministries of Internal Affairs, Development and Social Inclusion, Foreign Trade and Tourism, and Justice and Human Rights.

5.Please provide information on the budget specifically allocated and used for the implementation of the Optional Protocol in the past three years.

6.Please provide additional information on the training, awareness-raising and dissemination programmes on the Optional Protocol conducted to date. In particular, please provide information on whether these programmes are being conducted systematically and whether they are evaluated. Please provide information in particular on awareness-raising campaigns targeting children, adolescents, parents, teachers and the staff of alternative care centres.

7.Please provide information on whether any research has been conducted on the causes and prevalence of crimes related to the sale of children, child prostitution — including child sex tourism — and child pornography in the State party.

8.Please inform the Committee about the mechanisms used to identify children and adolescents who are at particular risk of falling victim to the offences described in the Optional Protocol, including street children, indigenous children, unaccompanied immigrant children and children from rural and/or remote areas.

9.Please provide information on the specific measures taken to prevent the increase in child prostitution in mining areas.

10.Please provide information on whether the State party’s legislation provides for the criminal, civil and/or administrative responsibility of legal entities for acts or omissions relating to the offences provided for in the Optional Protocol.

11.In the light of paragraph 76 of the State party report, please indicate whether the requirement of double criminality applies to cases of extradition for offences covered by the Optional Protocol.

12.In the light of paragraph 96 of the State party report, please indicate whether the Public Defence Service Act applies to all child and adolescent victims of the offences covered by the Optional Protocol and whether there is a sufficient number of public defenders throughout the country who are trained in children’s and adolescents’ rights and in the Optional Protocol.

13.Please provide information on the implementation of Gesell domes and of the Handbook on methods to be used in interviewing child and adolescent victims of sexual abuse , sexual exploitation and trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Please also provide updated information on other measures adopted in order to avoid the revictimization of victims, including the elimination of stereotypes, and to ensure that victims are not stigmatized or unnecessarily separated from their families.

14.Please indicate whether there has been an evaluation of the programmes for the care, protection, physical and psychological recovery and the reintegration of child and adolescent victims of offences covered by the Optional Protocol and what the result has been. Please also provide information on new measures taken in these areas over the past two years. Please describe, in particular, the situation as regards shelters and specialized care centres for victims.