09:15 |
Official Opening |
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Moderator: Ms Snežana Samardžić-Marković, Director General of Democracy, Council of Europe |
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10:00 |
THEMATIC SESSION I: Sexual abuse of children in the circle of trust
Insight of European countries’ responses to sexual abuse in the circle of trust
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Moderator: Ms Regína Jensdóttir, Head of Children’s Rights Division, Council of Europe |
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Presentation of the Lanzarote Committee’s approach to “sexual abuse in the circle of trust” and of the initial findings of its monitoring work on this theme |
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Mr Bragi Guðbrandsson, Chair of the Lanzarote Committee
- Ms Gioia Scappucci, Executive Secretary to the Lanzarote Committee
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Debate |
10:45 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 |
Strategies and good practices for the protection of children from sexual violence in the circle of trust |
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Moderator: Mr Matthew McVarish, actor, playwright and activist against sexual abuse of children |
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From denial to informed action: the importance of investing in research, capacity building and awareness raising |
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Mr Théophane Nikyèma, Executive Director, The African Child Policy Forum
- Mr Jorge Freyre, Member of the Latin-American and Caribbean Movement for Children, Regional Advocacy Director, Save the children LAC
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Safe and child sensitive counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms |
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Mr Manus de Barra, Child Protection Specialist, Office of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on violence against children, United Nations
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Challenges in providing child friendly justice and treatment for child victims of sexual abuse in the circle of trust |
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An integrated approach to the elimination of sexual violence: lessons learnt in the Netherlands |
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Debate |
13:00 |
Lunch |
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14:30 |
THEMATIC SESSION II : Protection of children from sexual abuse through information and communication technologies (ICTs) |
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Moderator: Ms Alicia Bala, Deputy Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation, Socio-Cultural Community |
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Connecting with children's and young people's wishes and expectations |
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Mr Niels Baas, Communication Researcher at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, and founder of Cyberpesten de Baas
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Maximizing opportunities and minimizing risks through empowerment and participation |
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Research and findings from the ROBERT project on online behaviour related to child sexual abuse |
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Ms Turid Heiberg, Head of the Children at Risk Unit, Council of the Baltic Sea States
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Solicitation of children for sexual purposes through ICTs: Presentation of the
Opinion of the Lanzarote Committee on Article 23 of the Lanzarote Convention |
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Mr Erik Planken, Dutch Member of the Lanzarote Committee
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Debate |
16:00 |
Coffee break |
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Continuation of thematic session II |
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Moderator: Ms Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography |
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Fighting sexual exploitation of children at national level |
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Mr Geronimo Sy, Assistant Minister of Justice, Philippines
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Mr Steve Grocki, Deputy Chief, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Criminal Division of Department of Justice, USA
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International Collaboration in Victim Identification and Online Child Sexual Exploitation |
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Mr Robert Shilling, Coordinator of INTERPOL’s Operations Crimes against Children, Acting Assistant Director Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation
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Promoting public and private partnerships and cybersecurity for children |
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Mr Howard Schmidt, former Cybersecurity advisor to Presidents Bush and Obama, Co-Founder Ridge Schmidt Cyber, Executive Director SAFECode, USA
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Debate |
18:00 |
Closing of day one |
18:15 |
Reception in the Foyer of the Committee of Ministers, Palais de
l'Europe |
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Presentation of the ENOC exhibition "Austerity Bites: Children's
Voices" |