Comparative Study of Child and Adolescent Protection Law’s against Pornography and Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Child pornography is one of the instances of sexual exploitation against this vulnerable group that, despite numerous international instruments, has become so widespread that no place in the world is safe from this problem. In 2000, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, with the aim of universalizing criminalization of pornography, was ratified by significant countries such as Iran. In light of the effects of this accession and alignment with the international community, the House of Representatives approved the Law on the Protection of Children and Adolescent in 1399. The present study, which analyzes the data collected using the library tool, seeks to answer the question of whether the law is compatible with the Optional Protocol. Given the continuation of the lawchr('39')s Mutual approach to victimization and criminalization child pornography with adolescent consent, the result implies a complete noncompliance with the protocol that calls for governments to change their attitude toward absolute child victimization.