Urgent monitoring round
Protecting children affected by the refugee crisis from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse
In March 2016, the Council of Europe Secretary General called for a series of priority actions to protect children affected by the refugee crisis. In this context, the Lanzarote Committee decided to conduct an urgent monitoring round according to Rule 28 of its Rules of Procedure to assess how Parties to the Lanzarote Convention are protecting children affected by the refugee crisis from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse. The Committee adopted a special implementation report on 3 March 2017, in which it analyses the legal frameworks and practices of States in this regard and makes recommendations to further strengthen them and fill any possible gaps.
41 States were evaluated as part of the urgent monitoring round, as they were Parties to the Lanzarote Convention at the time of its launch in June 2016:
Albania
Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Republic of Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
San Marino
Serbia
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Türkiye
Ukraine
Documents
Special report
Follow-up given to the Special report recommendations
Checklist - States’ main obligations under the Lanzarote Convention on the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse
Available also in Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian
Handbook on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse in crisis and emergency situations
Available also in Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian