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Under World Congress theme 2 – legal
frameworks and law enforcement – the Council of Europe organised a
workshop on "the role of the Council of Europe convention in the fight
against sexual exploitation of children and adolescents", held on 26
November in Rio de Janeiro. The workshop followed on from a high-level
panel moderated by Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary
General of the Council of Europe. The workshop highlighted the key
features of the new Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of
Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse. Experts from Denmark
and the United States explained the importance of the convention
throughout the world in the investigation of offences of sexual violence
against children and the prosecution of perpetrators. They also explained
how children will benefit for the convention's ground-breaking preventive
actions and child-sensitive protection measures.
Learn more about work to stop sexual violence against children.
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