8. ANNEX
A. Questionnaire
Legislation:
- Which is the age of consent to sexual intercourse ? What
other age limits do you have in relation to protection against sexual
exploitation or sexual abuse?
- Do you have a special provision against prostitution and /
or other forms of commercial sexual exploitation ? If so, what are the
provisions? If not, is the child protected by other laws against sexual exploitation?
- What are the sanctions against the perpetrator ? Does the
Penal Code provide for treatment of the perpetrator ? Is there any treatment for the
perpetrator within the penal system?
- What are the sanctions for pandering? What are the
sanctions against the pimps?
- Child pornography:
Is the production legal in your country?
Is the distribution legal in your country?
Is the possession legal in your country?
Procedural questions:
Does the child have to appear before the court ? If so,
are there any special provisions ? Age limits?
Can a citizen of your country or a person residing in your
country be prosecuted in your country for a sexual crime against a child committed in a
country where the act is not punishable? (Dual criminality)
Are there any special provisions regarding the hearing and
the examination of the child during the investigation? Video?
Social Service:
- Do you have any legal obligations for certain professions
to report suspicion of sexual exploitation of children? (Duty of notification)
- Which general preventive measures (family support,
intervention) do you want to mention as being used in the context of sexual exploitation
of children?
- Which general rehabilitation measures (child psychiatry,
multidisciplinary consultations) do you want to mention as being used in the context of
sexual exploitation of children?
- Is the question of sexual exploitation of children included
in the curricula of the schools for social workers?
Police
- Is the question of commercial sexual exploitation of
children included in the curricula of the Police Academies in your country?
- Does a police co-operation, in the field of commercial
sexual exploitation exist between your country and other countries in the Baltic Sea
Region ? If so, how is this work organized ? Liaisons officers?
- Is there any local police co-operation at the borders in
this field?
Future mechanism for work:
- In which way should the continued work of the
implementation of the proposals of the Expert Group be organized?