The standards of the Conventions maintained by the Council of Europe in the areas of cybercrime, protection of children against sexual abuse, trafficking in human beings and violence against women are not simply complementary, but meant to encourage work between criminal justice authorities, protection officers and policy makers to ensure better criminal justice and related action in these areas. Substantive law offences, use of procedural tools for investigation and preventive/protective work with victims and witnesses are just examples where harmonisation would be key, while concepts such as action on cyberviolence could serve to indicate where and how such synergies should work.
The aim of this workshop is to further enhance synergies between four different – but interconnected – Conventions:
- Convention on Cybercrime (ETS No. 185)
- Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (CETS No. 201)
- Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (CETS No. 210)
- Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS No. 197)
Presentations
Resources
- Evaluation of substantive cybercrime laws and laws relating to sections of the Istanbul Convention and Lanzarote Conventions in the Eastern Partnership
- T-CY's Mapping Study on Cyberviolence
- Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (as amended by Protocol No. 11) (Rome, 4 November 1950)
- Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul, 11 May 2011)
- Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (Lanzarote, 27 October 2007)
- Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (Warsaw, 16 May 2005)
- Free HELP online course on Violence against Women
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2019)1 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on preventing and combating sexism
- Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) General Recommendation No. 35
- European Commission: A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025
- Council of Europe Campaign: Sexism: See it. Name it. Stop it.
- EU: European Institute for Gender Equality's "Orange the World"
- 18 November: European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse
- Protecting children online: 6 short videos
- Internet Literacy Handbook
- Council of Europe: GRETA's Study on Online and Technology-Facilitated Trafficking in Human Beings (April 2022) (full report)
- European Commission: EU Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings (2021-2025)
- Council of Europe (January 2023): Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)21 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labour exploitation
- Address: 2-4 Izvor Street, Bucharest, Romania
- Floor: TBC
- Room: TBC
Practical information
If you have any questions related to this workshop, please contact the Octopus Conference Secretariat