BELGIUM

CRC OPTIONAL PROTOCOL (SALE OF CHILDREN)

RESERVATIONS AND DECLARATIONS

(Unless otherwise indicated, the reservations and declarations were made upon ratification, accession or succession)

Upon signature:

Declaration:

This signature is equally binding on the French community, the Flemish community and the German-speaking community.

Upon ratification:

Declaration:

The expression 'child pornography' is understood to mean the visual representation of a child participating in real or simulated sexual activities or the visual representation of the sexual parts of a child, when the dominant characteristic is a description for sexual purposes.

Note

For the Kingdom of Belgium.

(Note 1, Chapter IV.11.c, Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General)