The State Duma approved Russia's accession to the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse on Friday.
The convention opened for signing in 2007 and came into force on July 1, 2010. Russia signed the convention in 2012.
According to the protocol, the signatory countries are to stipulate criminal, civil or administrative punishment for selling children for sexual exploitation, organ transfers for profit or forced labor, as well as for improperly inducing consent, as an intermediary, to a child's adoption in violation of the applicable international legal instruments on adoption.
Duma ratifies child abuse convention
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