E/CN.15/2014/CRP.1
7 May 2014
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Commission on Crime Prevention
and Criminal Justice
Twenty-third session
Vienna, 12-16 May 2014
Item 7 of the provisional agenda*
World crime trends and emerging issues and responses in
the field of crime prevention and criminal justice
Study facilitating the identification, description and
evaluation of the effects of new information technologies on
the abuse and exploitation of children
The present study was prepared pursuant to Economic and Social Council
resolution 2011/33 entitled “Prevention, protection and international cooperation
against the use of new information technologies to abuse and/or exploit children”.
In that resolution, the Economic and Social Council requested the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime, taking into account, where appropriate, relevant data
collected by the open-ended intergovernmental expert group to conduct a
comprehensive study on the problem of cybercrime, to carry out a study facilitating
the identification, description and evaluation of the effects of new information
technologies on the abuse and exploitation of children, while taking into account
relevant studies carried out by regional organizations and other organizations within
the United Nations system, such as the United Nations Children’s Fund, the
International Telecommunication Union and the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights, with a view to promoting the exchange of
experience and good practices.
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