111. As regards the campaign and training on the Optional Protocol on Children in Armed Conflict,
the Periodic Report states that the training curricula for the Korean troops dispatched overseas
include education on children's rights (para. 582). However, it is not possible to understand exactly
how the provisions and principles of the Optional Protocol are implemented in the course. The
Periodic Report also states that the Ministry of National Defense has monitored the implementation
status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocol. But it is not easy
to find the cases where the Ministry worked with other government ministries or agencies for
collaboration or policy coordination.
112. All considered, it doesn't seem that the Government has carried out consistent and systematic
programs for campaign and training on the two Optional Protocols.
113. At present, the general public has very low awareness about the Optional Protocols, and the
campaign and training efforts for public servants and child-related specialists are not properly made.
2) Questions
114. Does the Government make full efforts to increase public awareness about the two Optional
Protocols in all the areas within the national territory? Does the Government ensure that the ideas
and principles of the Optional Protocols are reflected in the course of implementation of the relevant
policies?
2. Implementation of the Optional Protocol on Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and
Child Pornography
Child pornography
1) Current situation
115. Even though the Committee on the Rights of the Child once recommended the Korean
Government to amend the national legislation in compliance to the relevant provisions of the
Optional Protocol, the definition of child pornography and penal provisions contained in the law
concerning sexual protection of children and youth do not conform to Article 2 (c) of the Optional
Protocol. For instance, the child pornography as defined in the law does not include an adult who
looks like a child engaged in sexual activities or the image of a non-existent child. The law
imposes a criminal penalty only when a child under the age of 13 has directly participated in
producing a material of child pornography, and does not provide for penalization of the cyber child
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