온라인상 아동･청소년 성착취 피해자 보호를 위한 몇 가지 제언과 과제

Abstract

This article was conducted as part of a study to come up with measures to protect and support children and adolescents who do not experience criminal damage by communicating safely online. What especially thought about here is that unlike other problems, it is difficult for children and adolescents to ask their parents for help. Because children and adolescents are exposed to online sexual exploitation damage when chatting and photo transmission, which are mainly online activities in the context of children and adolescents' play culture, are combined with inappropriate sexual conversation or economic consideration. In the case of minor victims, it may be ideal to proceed with the case with the help of a legal representative, but in the process of collecting evidence from the Sunflower Center, which integrates sexual violence, children and adolescents give up or refuse to report the damage. However, if children and adolescents give up reporting and support due to parental reprimand, disappointment, and fear of anger, the perpetrator is likely to try the next crime more boldly without punishment, and the victim will not receive timely and appropriate help, so the pain and damage will continue. It is necessary to discuss ways to prevent such a situation and supplement a gap if not notified to a legal representative, as it may infringe on the rights of child and youth victims by unconditionally notifying the legal representative or requiring parental consent. The guardian agent system examines remedies for infringement of the rights of victims and adolescents, and should not conflict with the rights of victims to be protected in the sexual violence reporting process, and measures to guarantee the rights of victims and adolescents should be widely discussed through discussions on revision of related laws. One of them is the improvement of Article 13 of the National Police Agency's Criminal Investigation Rules, which requires notification of the progress of the investigation to legal representatives or counselors at victim support institutions, in consideration of decision-making ability. In addition, those in charge of the case, including front-line judicial police officers, need to understand and recognize that informing parents of their reports of sexual violence without the consent of the victim children and adolescents can violate the rights of the victim. Under this awareness, this article first examined the route and damage patterns of children and adolescents induced by online sexual exploitation, and sought ways to improve related laws and systems by pointing out factors that are difficult to respond to and recover from damage, but in particular, it was overlooked in previous studies. In addition, the article was concluded with suggestions on the assignment of coping with and preventing online sexual exploitation of children and adolescents.