Global Progress Towards Ending the Sexual Exploitation of Children
A global problem requires truly global solutions to address the sexual exploitation of children.
Indicators
Age of Consent
No
The age of sexual consent is 15 years for both girls and boys. The national legislation does not provide for a close-in-age exemption.
ECO Czech Republic, 2019
Extraterritoriality & Extradition
No
Active and passive extraterritoriality is provided for SEC crimes including crimes committed abroad by or against stateless people residing in the Czech Republic. Double criminality is required. Subsidiary universal jurisdiction is provided for foreign offenders who have committed a crime abroad and are in Czech territory.
Extradition of nationals is prohibited but provided for SEC crimes committed by foreigners. It is unclear whether double criminality is required for extradition cases.
ECO Czech Republic, 2019
CSAM Definition
Partial
The national legislation provides a definition which is partially in line with international standards. In particular, it is unclear whether it includes non-visual material. The definition provided does not include computer/digitally generated CSAM including realistic images of non-existing children.
ECO Czech Republic, 2019
Background Check Required
Not Yet Assessed
National Commitments
Partial
The Czech Republic has ratified the CRC, the OPSC, the OPIC, the Trafficking Protocol and the ILO Convention No. 182.
The Czech Republic has also ratified the Council of Europe's Lanzarote and Budapest Conventions.
The Czech Republic has not ratified the UNWTO Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics.
ECO Czech Republic, 2019
Child Advocacy Centers
Not Yet Assessed
SEC Police Unit
Not Yet Assessed
Protection Standards Travel and Tourism
Not Yet Assessed
Public SEC Case Data
Partial
There is publicly available case data for exploitation of children in prostitution, child sexual abuse material and child trafficking disaggregated by age, gender and form of exploitation. It seems like reports are published in a regular basis. It is unclear whether these reports provide information on compensation sought by child victims.
ECO Czech Republic, 2019
Age of Consent Law is Appropriate
The age of sexual consent for both males and females is 18 and a close in age exemption (up to 3 years) is provided for consensual sexual relationships between adolescents.
The age of sexual consent is the legally defined age at which a person is considered mature enough to agree to sexual activity. The age of sexual consent varies across jurisdictions around the world and there is no international legal instrument establishing it, however various forms of advocacy have encouraged States to establish a minimum age under which engaging in sexual contact is considered a criminal offence. This is intended to prevent sexual contact with children and to prevent argument that the child consented as a defence.
Often national provisions related to the age of sexual consent include an exception, known as a close-in-age exemption, making consensual sexual activities between young people lawful if the partners are of similar ages and the age difference is not higher than a certain number of years.
To ensure that cases of child sexual exploitation do not go unpunished, ECPAT advocates for the age of sexual consent to be set at 18 for both males and females with a close-in-age exemption of 2-3 years provided in order to ensure young people are not penalised for consensual sexual acts with peers. The age from which the exemption applies should be established by States but may begin for young people somewhere between 12 and 16 years of age.
Yes The national legislation explicitly indicates that the age of sexual consent unequivocally is 18 for both males and females, with a close-in-age exemption for sexual acts between peers (of up to 3 years) is provided by law.