Beyond Paroline: Ensuring Meaningful Remedies for Child Pornography Victims at Home and Abroad

Abstract

This article considers how the United States could fulfill its international treaty obligations to support the full restoration of child pornography victims in the aftermath of the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in Paroline v. United States. The article details how the United States provided leadership historically in creating a skeletal legal framework domestically and internationally to help combat child pornography and restore victims, and highlights how that framework is failing victims on a near-universal basis in an age dominated by technological innovation and globalization. The article proposes the adoption and implementation of effective domestic and international remedies to ensure that both domestic and foreign victims of child pornography have meaningful access to the support and resources they need to recover fully from their abuse and exploitation.