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2nd edition of Member state responses to prevent and combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse is out with new data and recommendations
The Council of Europe Project “End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse @ Europe” (EndOCSEA@Europe), has published the second edition of the Baseline Mapping of member state responses to prevent and combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse. The Report builds upon the structure and...
Closing conference of the EndOCSEA@EUROPE Project
Fighting OCSEA with new standards and policies, more research, knowledge and targeted awareness raising tools
The Council of Europe Project to End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse @ Europe (EndOCSEA@Europe) Closing Conference will take place online on 17 June organised as part of Together to #ENDviolence, as an affiliate event of the Solutions Summit Series. Three webinars will bring to light...
Council of Europe Regional Conference
Improving operational capacities to tackle online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA)
The Council of Europe Project to End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse @ Europe (EndOCSEA@Europe) launched its new training package for law enforcement, judges and prosecutors to improve their operational capacities in tackling OCSEA in an online Regional Conference on 3-4 June 2021. The...
Pilot training on online child sexual abuse and exploitation for judges, prosecutors and the national police
On 25 – 26 May 2021 the Council of Europe regional project End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse @ Europe (EndOCSEA@Europe) and project on Combating violence against children in the Republic of Moldova held a training on “Online child sexual abuse and exploitation (OCSEA)” for police,...
Council of Europe Webinar: When Cyber-Bullying Becomes a Crime Against our Children
Under the framework of the Council of Europe Projects to End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse @ Europe (EndOCSEA@Europe) and the Project iPROCEEDS-2, Elizabeth Milovidov, Andrea Bradley, Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen and Susanna Greijer, Council of Europe international experts, led an online...
09 March 2021
Webinar on Cyber-bullying: Trends, prevention strategies and the role of law enforcement
Bullying is a worldwide problem, with negative and sometimes fatal consequences. The increased use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has taken bullying online and there is a blurring of the line between bullying offline and cyber-bullying. In addition, the anonymity of the...
Online Training Course for Candidate Magistrates in Turkey on Countering Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OCSEA)
Webinars, online meetings, remote working models, online friendships and online networking. Everything is just a click away now. While we strive to adapt ourselves to the new era of digitalisation, our children are born into it with pure innocence and vulnerability. So, are we well prepared to...
First webinar on Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (OCSEA) for the National Police, Judges and Prosecutors in the Republic of Moldova
Under the framework of the Council of Europe Project to End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse @ Europe (EndOCSEA@Europe) and the Project on Combatting Violence Against Children in the Republic of Moldova, Ms Rajka Vlahovic, and Ms Maria Andriani Kostopoulou, Council of Europe...
Results of the 4th Steering Committee Meeting of the EndOCSEA@Europe project
On 5 February 2021, the project “End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse@Europe” (End OCSEA@Europe) held its 4th Steering Committee meeting to discuss the positive results of the project at national level, the forthcoming activities until June 2021 and potential areas for future...
8-11 December 2020
Pilot Training on Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse for Judges, Prosecutors, and the National Police in Ukraine
The new training on online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA) for judges, prosecutors, and the national police in Ukraine, which was prepared by the EndOCSEA@Europe Project, was piloted on 8-11 December 2020 in Ukraine in cooperation with the CyberEast Project of the Council of Europe...
Webinar on Educational measures to prevent risks associated with child self-generated sexual images/videos, 12 November 2020
The topic of “Educational measures to prevent risks associated with child self-generated sexual images/videos” was addressed in a very informative and practical webinar which was organised by the Council of Europe Project EndOCSEA @ Europe and the Children’s Rights Division. It took place on 12...
Kiko’s exciting adventures continue in the digital age
The Council of Europe project to End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse@Europe (EndOCSEA@Europe) is happy to announce the launch of the new adventures of our beloved character friend Kiko who is now discovering screens and the misuse of pictures in the online environment in the video and...
Training Course for the Judicial Sector in Turkey on Countering Online Child Sexual Exploitation for Turkish Magistrates, 7-9 October 2020
In the framework of the Council of Europe Project to End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse @ Europe (EndOCSEA@Europe) and the Project on Targeting crime proceeds on the internet and securing electronic evidence in South East Europe and Turkey (iPROCEEDS-2), EndOCSEA experts, Ms Rajka...
Webinar on Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation for the National Police, Judges and Prosecutors in Ukraine, 5 October 2020
In the framework of the Council of Europe Project to End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse @ Europe (EndOCSEA@Europe) and the Project on Combatting Violence Against Children in Ukraine (Phase II), two Council of Europe independent experts: Ms Rajka Vlahovic, former Crown Prosecutor UK ...
Achievements of the grantees of the Council of Europe Project EndOCSEA@Europe
In 2019, the Council of Europe project to “End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse @ Europe” (EndOCSEA@Europe) selected four civil society organisations: the Child Rights Centre Serbia (CRC), the National Centre for Child Abuse Prevention (NCCAP) of the Republic of Moldova, the Protector...
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Looking for English-speaking consultants specialised in Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OCSEA)
In that context, the Children’s Rights Division and the Cybercrime Office (C-PROC) in Bucharest, Romania, are looking for English-speaking providers for the provision of consultancy services on the prevention and the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse when...
Publication of the “So this is sexual abuse?” booklet, laid out in eight languages
Within the scope of the Council of Europe Project to “End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse@Europe” a child-friendly version of the Lanzarote Convention, titled “So this is sexual abuse?” has been produced in partnership with children, facilitated by Hintalovon Child Rights Foundation. ...
Results of the third meeting of the Steering Committee of the Council of Europe Project to “End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse@Europe” (EndOCSEA@Europe)
On 27 May 2020, the Council of Europe Children’s Rights Division, the Cybercrime Office in Bucharest (C-PROC) and the Fund to End Violence Against Children opened the third meeting of the Steering Committee of the project End OCSEA@Europe. This meeting was added to the project’s planning and was...
Lanzarote Committee Statement on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and abuse in times of the Covid-19 pandemic
In view of the current singular circumstances determined by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lanzarote Committee has issued a statement “The Lanzarote Committee Statement on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and abuse in times of the Covid-19," directed at State Parties, on means...
EndOCSEA@Europe Project Response to COVID-19 and Updates
In the framework of the Council of Europe project “End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse @ Europe” (End OCSEA@Europe) the in-country pilot trainings to test the draft EndOCSEA module scheduled to take place in March and April in Kyiv, Ukraine Yerevan, Armenia and Baku, Azerbaijan have...