“Current Legal & Regulatory Framework in Africa : Progress ...€¦ · ⑦ Burkina Faso ….among...
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“Current Legal & Regulatory Framework in Africa : Progress and Challenges”
African Regional Conference on Online Protection: Empowering the future digital citizens,
15-16 December 2014. Kampala, Uganda.
Marie-laure Lemineur Combating Sexual Exploitation of Children Online Programme. ECPAT InternationaI,Bangkok.Thailand.
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Agenda
I. Regional context – snapshot
II. Legal and regulatory frameworks:
A. International and regional instruments B. Recommendations
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I.
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CONNECTIVITY…
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17 Millions 172 Millions Internet users
87 Millions 629 Millions
Mobile-cellular phone
subscriptions
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SOURCE: ITU, 2014
2005……2014
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BORDERLESS TYPE OF RISKS AND HARM AFFECTING CHILDREN IN AFRICA…
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Unsafe use of ICTs…CAM, grooming and sexting…..some figures:
54% had seen other children represented in pornographic materials (2013-EI)
10% approached online and asked to share sexualized images of themselves (2013-EI)
14% had met someone offline after a first contact online (2013-EI)
12.1 % of SA children have taken their relationship off line (CJCP)
22% of SA teen girls and 20% of SA boys had sent self-produced nude or semi-nude photos (2011-WASPA)
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ACCESS….Cyber cafés By far the location where children most access the Internet 30 % of children in Kenya – seen pornography late hours Absence of national policy frameworks on cyber cafés operations
Source: 2013, EI
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II.
Legal and Regulatory Frameworks
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A. INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL INSTRUMENTS (1/2)
Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989/1990)
All African States are State Parties but Somalia (S) and South Sudan
OPSC (2000/2002)
① Ghana ② Liberia ③ Kenya ④ Cameroon ⑤ Zambia ⑥ Somalia ⑦ South Soudan
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CoE Cybercrime Convention (2001/2004) ① Mauritus (A, 2014)
② South Africa (S, 2001)
CoE Lanzarote Convention (2007/2010) No African States Morroco
ECOWAS Directive on Fighting Cyber Crime(2011)
AU Convention on Cyber Security & Personal Data Protection (June 2014)
2/2
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The offence (child pornography): 1. Definition 2. Criminalized conducts
B. RECOMMENDATIONS
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B.1 Definition of child pornography
PROGRESS:
Some African States define child pornography in full compliance with OPSC standards:
①South Africa ②Madagascar ③Uganda ④Morocco ⑤Burkina Faso
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GAP 1 : No specific definition of child pornography in several African countries´ legislation:
①Ethiopia ② Tanzania ③ Zambia ④ Mozambique ⑤ Gambia ⑥ Egypt ⑦ Tunisia
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GAP 2: Offensive or immoral materials ①Gambia ②Ethiopia ③Tanzania ④ Kenya
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RECOMMENDATION 1: Define what constitutes child pornography according to the standards of the OPSC and other instruments to which countries are State Parties.
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RECOMMENDATION 2: References to indecent/immoral materials
should be amended and replaced by a proper definition of what constitutes child pornography
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B.2 CRIMINALIZATION OF CONDUCTS - Child pornography 1/2
PROGRESS 1. All OPSC conducts criminalized: ①Kenya ② Morocco ③ Burkina Faso 2. Some OPSC conducts criminalized: ①Uganda ②South Africa ③Ghana ④Nigeria ⑤Gambia ⑥Cameroon ⑦Ivory Coast
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3. Beyond the OPSC… criminalizing MERE POSSESSION: ① South Africa ② Ghana ③ Nigeria ④ Cameroon ⑤ Senegal ⑥ Morocco ⑦ Burkina Faso ….among others
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4. Beyond the OPSC… criminalizing GROOMING: ①South Africa ②Nigeria ③Burkina Faso ④Cameroon ⑤Morocco
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5. Beyond the OPSC… Obligations of ISPs to report when they are aware of CAM: ①South Africa ②Ivory Coast ③Bukina Faso
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RECOMMENDATION 3: Amend legislation where needed to
impose a legal obligation for ISPs to report if aware of CAM in their systems
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RECOMMENDATION 4: To sign and ratify the African Union Cyber Crime Convention
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REPRESSION OF CRIMES: Jurisdiction/Extradition/Double criminality THE RIGTHS OF THE VICTIMS OF CAM
OTHERS RELEVANT ISSUES ….