A/HRC/12/23 page 17 more than 385 victims have been assisted and over 90 people have accessed the special compensation fund for helping victims and their families to receive counselling.8 In other countries (among them South Africa) the courts adopt specific procedures so as not to inflict additional trauma on the child. In many countries there are various NGOs that offer programmes and care and counselling facilities for child victims and their families. 86. There is growing recognition that images of sexual exploitation of children and dissemination of those images exacerbate the consequences of abuse and have repercussions on the victims’ recovery and the delivery of the services on offer. As the children grow up they know that their images are in the hands of lawyers and law enforcement specialists, who process and store the images to be used as evidence, as well as by users of the Internet, where the images will continue to circulate for the rest of their lives. This is a never-ending violation of these children’s right to privacy. How, then, can these images be responsibly managed? While image banks have proven useful, the consequences of storing and exchange of images for the victims must not be ignored. Victims do not necessarily draw a distinction between the persons looking at their images or the reasons they are looking at them. 87. How can we put an end to the circulation of such images on the Internet? Unfortunately, there is no way of locating and destroying all the images of children being sexually exploited in circulation on the Internet. That said, Governments and the private sector can take steps to restrict the dissemination of such material and discourage offenders from accessing it. In 2007, during the G-8 Justice and Interior Ministers Meeting, the participants agreed that the war against cyberpredators could not be won by the police alone. They noted that the private sector must play an important role in protecting children the world over. 88. Despite the efforts made and successes achieved, the relatively small number of victims identified proves that much remains to be done in this field. 3. Inadequate protection for child Internet users worldwide 89. The increasingly interactive nature of online content, social networking, video sharing and instant messaging offer users new opportunities but also bring new risks for children and youth. For example, the technological convergence of mobile phones and the Internet likewise has significant consequences for online safety, and mobile Internet access outside the home or school gives children and youth new forms of communication and makes them more trusting. 90. In response to such risks many telephone hotlines have been established by States, NGOs, and ISPs. The lines can be either national or international, even if based in a particular country: Internet Watch Foundation in the United Kingdom; the Association of Internet Hotline Providers (INHOPE), currently with 35 hotlines in 35 countries; NCMEC CyberTipline (United States); and the European alert platform. 8 Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime, “Every Image, Every Child: Internet-facilitated Child Sexual Abuse in Canada”, 2009.