COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 
Forty-third session 
Pre-sessional open-ended Working Group 
on the Question of a Convention on the 
Rights of the Child
26–30 January 1987 

Draft articles on the prevention of exploitation 
and sale or traffic of children 

Submitted by a Working Party composed of France, the Netherlands, 
United States of America and Venezuela 

Article A 

Protection from sexual exploitation 

1. The States Parties to the present Convention undertake to protect the child from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse. For these purposes the States Parties shall in particular prohibit: 
(a) the abduction or sale of children and trafficking in children; 
(b) the exploitative use of children in prostitution or other unlawful sexual practices; 
(c) the exploitative use of children in pornographic performances and materials. 
2. States Parties to the present Convention shall take all appropriate national, bilateral and multilateral measures, including penalties or other sanctions, to ensure the effective enforcement of this article. 

Article B 

Prevention of sale or traffic of children  

The States Parties to the present Convention shall take all appropriate nations', bilateral and multilateral measure to prevent the abduction, the sale or traffic of children in any form or for any purpose. 

Article C

Protection from all other forms of exploitation

The States Parties to the present Convention shall protect the child against all other forms of exploitation as well as all degrading treatment and all sets prejudicial to the moral, spiritual, mental or physical integrity of the child.