s and the Disabled, 17.815. Manufacture or Production of Pornographic Materials Involving Minors or the Disabled. This Article states that anyone who in any way makes or produces child pornography will be liable to imprisonment for two to six years.
- Article 2, Law 17.815. Trade or Dissemination of Pornographic Material Involving Minors or the Disabled. States that anyone who trades in, disseminates, exhibits, stores for the purposes of distribution, imports, exports, distributes or offers any child pornography will be liable to imprisonment for between one and four years.
- Article 3, Law 17.815. Facilitation of Marketing or Dissemination of Pornographic Material Involving Minors or the Disabled. States that anyone who in any way facilitates the commercialization, diffusion, exhibition, storage, or acquisition of child pornography will be punished by imprisonment for between six months and two years.
- Article 4, Law 17.815. Remuneration or Promise Thereof to Minors or the Disabled for Sexual or Erotic Acts of Any Kind .Defines the offense of promising a financial or other reward to a minor in exchange for carrying out sexual or erotic acts of any kind. The offender will face between two and twelve years’ imprisonment.
- Article 5, Law 17.815. Contribution to the Sexual Exploitation of Minors or the Disabled. States that prostituting a child for profit is punishable by a minimum jail sentence of between two and twelve years. The penalty will be increased by half if the offender abused a position of authority or his/her official status.
- Article 6, Law 17.815. Trafficking of Minors or the Disabled. Imposes a prison terms for trafficking children in or out of the country or contributing to the prostitution of a child, ranging from two to twelve years.
2004 - Montevideo hosted regional conference on trafficking in children and child pornography on the Internet. The conference was organized by the Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN), a specialized branch of the Organization of American States (OAS), and the Embassy of the United States of America in Uruguay. Representatives submitted proposals for the development of legislative framework that will be compatible in all of the participating countries. (Declaration)