Ariticle36Protection from exploitation
States Parties shall protect the child against all other forms of exploitation prejudicial to any aspects of the child's welfare.
This Article is intended to protect the child from all forms of exploitation not included in Articles 32-35, such as economic exploitation, psychotropic drugs exploitation, sexual exploitation, and unlawful kidnapping. Specific examples of exploitation mentioned in this article are the following.
- Depriving the child of freedom of choice (e.g., forcing the child to become a tennis player because of his or her tennis talent)
- Inappropriate reporting by the media Due to the revision of the Juveniles Act, it is now prohibited to report the real name of a person under 18 years old and any personal information that may identify the person. (Example: As a result of reporting without protecting the personal information of a minor, third-party identifying of the minor has resulted in slander and libel.)
- Forcing a child to join a gang The “Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members” prohibits gangs from recruiting juveniles (under 12 years of age) and acts by gang members to force juveniles to join are restricted, regardless of their age.
- (Economic) Use of the child by the family
In recent years, the number of scams and other frauds online has been increasing, and the government is required to take measures to prevent exploitation that continues to change with the changing times, such as defining “Internet use fraud” to prohibit crimes that conduct exploitation on the Internet.