Council of Europe held a working group in Baku on 23-24 October 2019 under the Project to End Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse @ Europe to analyse legislation, policies and practices to prevent and combat this crime.
The working group was part of an ongoing gap analysis based on international and European standards, including the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (Lanzarote Convention), the Council of Europe Convention against Cybercrime and eight of the priorities identified in the WePROTECT Model National Response. During the working group the Council of Europe delegation met with representatives from key Ministries and the State Committee on Family, Women and Child Affairs, representatives from the regional Family Support Centres and Monitoring Groups, including representatives of the Executive Authorities present in the regions, as well as NGOs representatives.
Key topics discussed included:
Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OCSEA)
Substantive criminal law and procedural criminal law standards;
Crime detection and disruption
Child-friendly procedures for victims and witnesses of OCSEA;
Multi-disciplinary co-ordination to prevent and combat OCSEA;
Prevention and awareness raising, including training and education.
The EndOCSEA@Europe project promotes, facilitates and supports Council of Europe member States to prevent and combat child sexual exploitation and abuse facilitated by Information and communication technologies (OCSEA). The project focuses on strengthening responses to the crime in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Ukraine have been endorsed as pilot countries.
Acknowledgements:
The Council of Europe gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided for this programme by the Fund to End Violence Against Children.
EndOCSEA@Europe project webpage
European Day on the protection of Children against Sexual Abuse and Sexual Exploitation
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