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 - 29 -

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