A/HRC/7/8 page 6 focuses on the needs of the victims of this modern form of slavery, the Special Rapporteur finds that the Council of Europe has enacted with this new Convention effective and up to date legislation that could serve as a model for other regional or international cooperation on these issues. 13. At the national level, in July 2007 Costa Rica adopted a law against sexual exploitation of children and offences against minors. It is the first time a change in legislation clearly prohibits possession of youth and child pornography, extends prescription delays for sexual child pornography and sentences sexual acts against minors of less than 13 years to sentences of up to 16 years of imprisonment. In August 2007, Cambodia became party to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. Also in August 2007, Mozambique approved a new law criminalizing human trafficking and providing for longer prison sentences, as a response to increased reports of women and children being trafficked to South Africa. 14. Initiatives taken over the year to fight child sex tourism also deserve to be highlighted, such as the Task Force to Protect Children from Sexual Exploitation in Tourism, a global action platform composed of tourism-related actors, which hosted its 20th consultative meeting of 2007 together with the Berlin International Tourism Fair in March 2007. Also in March 2007, a one-day conference on Tourism and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children was organized in Madrid by Intervida World Alliance, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF to review progress and commitments of regional and country efforts since the Second World Congress against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children held in Yokohama in 2001. B. Follow-up on the Study on violence against children 15. The year 2006 had been marked by the presentation of the report on violence against children (the Study), pursuant to General Assembly resolution 57/90, by independent expert Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro. The Study was prepared through a participatory process that included regional, subregional and national consultations, expert thematic meetings, field visits and the collaboration of the Governments. It also involved the cooperation of different United Nations bodies, such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), civil societies and children. Such comprehensive, global analysis combined human rights, public health and a child-protection perspective and set a global framework of the issue. 16. The Study exposed the horrendous scale and impact of all forms of violence against children, highlighting the universality and magnitude of the problem. It reflected the clear human rights obligations of Member States to prevent and respond to all forms of violence against children. It also emphasized the need for multifaceted and coordinated solutions, bringing together different perspectives and professional expertise and engaging actively with children themselves. Less than one year after the Study’s release, its positive impact is evident in all regions of the world. The Study succeeded in globally raising awareness of a problem frequently hidden and providing a structured framework for action. It continued to reach audiences in all regions of the world among Governments and civil society, and in all countries and regions the relevance of the recommendations proposed by the Study were recognized.