The protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse facilitated by information and communication technologies (ICTs)

The 2nd monitoring round of the implementation of the Lanzarote Convention focuses on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse facilitated by information and communication technologies (ICTs), with a focus on the challenges raised by child self-generated sexual images and/or videos (CSGSIV). The Lanzarote Committee adopted an implementation report concluding this monitoring round on 10 March 2022. The Lanzarote Committee dedicated the first chapter of the report to the views of the 306 children from 10 States Parties to the Lanzarote Convention who contributed to the monitoring round. The Committee also analysed national legal frameworks and practices on this matter, following the “4 Ps approach”: Prevention, Protection, Prosecution and Promotion of national and international cooperation, and made specific recommendations to States Parties.

43 States were evaluated as part of the 2nd monitoring round, as they were Parties to the Lanzarote Convention at the time of its launch in May 2017:

UPCOMING EVENTS

Back New digital parenting guide by the Council of Europe

New digital parenting guide by the Council of Europe

To foster and concretely support positive digital parenting approaches, the Council of Europe has published a new guidance tool on "Parenting in the digital age" containing “positive parenting strategies for different scenarios”. The guide promotes the idea that positive parenting practices, based on open communication and trust, should be extended into the online world, and provides hands-on advice on how to react, as a parent or caregiver, to critical situations encountered by children. Likewise, parents and caregivers are called upon to closely watch their own behaviours as they share online (images for example) or regularly use digital technologies throughout the day.

In line with a previous Digital parenting guide (2017), the Internet Literacy Handbook (2017), and relevant Council of Europe standards, such as CM/Rec(2018)7 on Guidelines to protect, respect and fulfil the rights of the child in the digital environment, our Organisation continues to call for a balanced approach both supporting children’s equal opportunities in accessing digital technologies and their protection from harm.

Strasbourg 6 November 2020
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