During its 47th plenary meeting (24-26 March 2026), the Lanzarote Committee (Committee of the Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse) launched a new monitoring round on the screening of professionals, volunteers and other persons in contact with children.
Keeping individuals with a history of sexual offences against children away from children is an important safeguard and a requirement of the Lanzarote Convention.
The Committee will examine the categories of persons concerned by screening requirements, information reviewed in the screening process, the screening procedures, and the challenges of cross-border screening in the 48 State Parties to the Lanzarote Convention.
The State Parties are invited to submit replies to the monitoring questionnaire by 30 June 2026. Civil society organisations and national human rights institutions are also invited to provide information based on the questionnaire until 1 September 2026 by sending it to [email protected]. These stakeholders will further have an opportunity to comment on State Parties’ replies by the same deadline.
An implementation report containing relevant findings and recommendations is expected to be adopted in 2027.
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