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Cyberviolence Resource presented during the first No Hate Speech Week organised in Strasbourg
Marked for the first time in 2022, the UN International Day for Countering Hate Speech (18 June) is an important opportunity to raise awareness of the risks posed by hate speech to human rights, democracy and the rule of law and take collective action to implement the principles of the Council of...
Lanzarote Convention: Workshop on the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse for T-CY experts
On Thursday 20th June, on the margins of the 30th Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) plenary meeting in Strasbourg, experts from the T-CY attended a workshop on the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (Lanzarote Convention)...
The Council of Europe works to create a safer digital environment for children worldwide
On the occasion of 1 June, which marks the International Day for the Protection of Children in several countries around the world, the Council of Europe reiterates its commitment to protect children’s rights and wellbeing, online and offline, through relevant treaties and effective mechanisms...
New Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers Recommendation to member States on combating hate crime
On 7 May 2024, a new Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on combating hate crime (CM/Rec(2024)4) was adopted. Among key points, the document mentions that Council of Europe member States should take all necessary measures and dedicate sufficient resources to prevent and...
Enhanced knowledge through active participation during the practitioner-to-practitioner webinar on cyberviolence for national judicial trainers
In the framework of the International Network of National Judicial Trainers (INJT), the GLACY-e project organised on 30 April a new practitioner-to practitioner (P2P) webinar on theme of cyberviolence, with the support of the other capacity building projects of the Cybercrime Programme Office of...
The Council of the European Union gives the final green light to the prolongation of a child sexual abuse protection measure
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU guarantees the protection of the rights of the child by the EU institutions and by EU countries when they implement EU law. Globally 1 in 8 children are estimated to be victims of some form of sexual violence online or in real life, compared with 1 in...
PACE adopts a Resolution and a Recommendation to protect children online
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a Resolution and a Recommendation requesting that member States put in place a comprehensive legal framework to protect children against online violence. According to the Resolution, “increased use of the internet and digital...
Online course on combating trafficking in human beings: a new edition available on the Council of Europe HELP e-learning platform
A new edition of the online training course on combating trafficking in human beings has been published by the Council of Europe's European Human Rights Training Programme for Legal Professionals (HELP). The course is tailored to meet the learning needs of judges, prosecutors, lawyers, law...
Fourth round of evaluation of Council of Europe's Anti-Trafficking Convention: vulnerabilities to human trafficking and measures taken by States Parties to prevent and detect them, including a focus on the online dimension
The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA*) has taken stock today of its 15 years of monitoring the implementation of the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention, on the occasion of its 50th plenary meeting. Its latest publication on “The practical impact of...
Cybercrime and freedom of expression discussion paper now available in FR and ES
The recent discussion paper on cybercrime and freedom of expression prepared under the Octopus Project and published in December 2023, is now available in French and Spanish. This paper aims at supporting policy makers, legislators and criminal justice practitioners in their development and...