Spain

[ES] Possession or Distribution of Audio-Visual Works Containing Child Pornography Classified as Criminal Offences

IRIS 1998-9:1/20

Alberto Pérez Gómez

Entidad publica empresarial RED.ES

The Spanish Parliament is now discussing an amendment to the provisions of the Spanish Criminal Code regulating sex-related crimes. According to the projected version of article 189 (1) (b) of the Spanish Criminal Code, the production, sale, distribution or exhibition of pornographic material in which children have participated would be punished with one to three years' imprisonment. A new article 189 (2) of the Spanish Criminal Law would punish with six months to two years' imprisonment those who are in possession of pornographic material of that kind. http://services.obs.coe.int/en/index.htm


References

  • Proyecto de Ley Orgánica de modificación del Título VIII del Libro II del Código Penal aprobado por Ley Orgánica 10/1995, de 23 de noviembre, Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales - Congreso de los Diputados, Serie A, no. 89-1, de 17 de Octubre de 1997.
  • Bill to amend the provisions of the Spanish Criminal Code regulating sex-related crimes. Official Journal of the Spanish Parliament, Serie A, n. 89-1, of 17 October 1997.

This article has been published in IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory.