• Database Theseus (Case law of the European Court of Human Rights relevant to children – 1968-2011)
• ESC Database (Case law of the Council of Europe European Committee of Social Rights)
• Prevention of child abuse Database - European Economic and Social Committee
• Universal Human Rights Index - United Nations Database

• Thematic guidance note - Safeguarding children from the risks of accessing online pornographic content (March 2025)
• Leaflet explaining the Convention: Albanian, Croatian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Russian, Turkish and Ukrainian
• Booklet on the Convention
• So this is sexual abuse? (Lanzarote Convention explainer for ages 12 and up, 2019) and video
• Speeches and Video interviews
• Publication "Protecting children from sexual violence - A comprehensive approach"
• Terminology Guidelines for the protection of children from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse

• Building a Europe for and with Children
• ONE in FIVE Campaign
• Family law and children's rights
• Child-friendly justice

• Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950, ETS No. 5)
• European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (ETS No. 126: 1987/1989)
• European Convention on the Exercise of Children’s Rights (1996, ETS No. 160)
• European Social Charter (ETS No. 163: 1996/1999)
• Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (ETS No. 185)
• Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS No. 197)
• The European Convention on the Adoption of Children (Revised) (CETS No. 202: 27 November 2008/ 2011 )
• Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (CETS No.: 210, 2011)

• Recommendation CM/Rec(2011)12 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on children’s rights and social services friendly to children and families
• Recommendation CM/Rec(2009)10 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on integrated national strategies for the protection of children from violence
• Recommendation CM/Rec(2009)5 on measures to protect children against harmful content and behaviour and to promote their active participation in the new information and communications environment
• Recommendation Rec(2002)5 on the protection of women against violence
• Recommendation Rec(2001)16 on the protection of children against sexual exploitation
• Recommendation Rec(2000)11 on action against trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation
• Recommendation No. R (97) 19 on the portrayal of violence in the electronic media
• Recommendation No. R (91) 11 on sexual exploitation, pornography and prostitution of and trafficking in, children and young adults
• Recommendation No. R (90) 2 on social measures concerning violence in the family
• Recommendation No. R (87) 21 on assistance to victims and the prevention of victimisation
• Recommendation No. R (85) 4 on violence in the family

Child friendly justice guidelines

The child friendly justice guidelines were adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 17 November 2010. The guidelines aim to ensure that, in any such proceedings, all rights of children, among which the right to information, to representation, to participation and to protection, are fully respected with due consideration to the child’s level of maturity and understanding as well as to the circumstances of the case. Respecting children’s rights should not jeopardise the rights of other parties involved.

Child friendly justice guidelines brochure in Croatian, English, French,

Link to the Child friendly justice site

Adoption of the guidelines for the protection of children from violence

On 18th November 2009 the Committee of Ministers adopted the Council of Europe's Policy Guidelines on Integrated National Strategies for the Protection of Children from Violence. In line with the recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and of the UN Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Children, the Guidelines promote the development and implementation of a holistic national framework for safeguarding the rights of the child and protecting children from all forms of violence.

More largely, the Guidelines aim at stimulating a much needed change in the perception of children as persons and right holders and fostering a culture of respect for the rights of the child.

The Council of Europe Guidelines exist in the following languages: Albanian - English - French - German - Portuguese -Russian - Spanish - Turkish - Ukrainian

Joint statement by the outgoing Slovenian Chair of the Committee of Ministers, Samuel Žbogar, and the incoming Swiss Chair, Mrs Micheline Calmy-Rey, on the occasion of the handover meeting of the chairmanship

Geneva, 9 March 2010, Panel discussion on National Integrated Strategies on violence against children

Recommendations

• Recommendation 1980 (2011) Combating "child abuse images" through committed, transversal and internationally co-ordinated action
• Recommendation 1882 (2009) The promotion of Internet and online media services appropriate for minors
• Recommendation 1868 (2009) on action to combat gender-based human rights violations, including abduction of women and girls
• Recommendation 1778 (2007) on child victims: stamping out all forms of violence, exploitation and abuse
• Recommendation 1666 (2004) on a Europe-wide ban on corporal punishment of children
• Recommendation 1610 (2003) 1 on migration connected with trafficking in women and prostitution
• Recommendation 1545 (2002) on a campaign against trafficking in women
• Recommendation 1526 (2001) on a campaign against trafficking in minors to put a stop to the east European route: the example of Moldova
• Recommendation 1523 (2001) 1 on domestic slavery
• Recommendation 1467 (2000) on clandestine immigration and the fight against traffickers
• Recommendation 1450 (2000) on violence against women in Europe
• Recommendation 1371 (1998) on abuse and neglect of children
• Recommendation 1336 (1997)1 on combating child labour exploitation as a matter of priority
• Recommendation 1325 (1997) on traffic in women and forced prostitution in Council of Europe member states
• Recommendation 1286 (1996) on a European strategy for children
• Recommendation 1121 (1990) on the rights of children
• Recommendation 1065 (1987) on the traffic in children and other forms of child exploitation (Not in French)
• Recommendation 963 (1983) on cultural and educational means of reducing violence (Not in French)
• Recommendation 2045 (2014) on Combating sexual violence against children: towards a successful conclusion of the ONE in FIVE Campaign
• Recommendation 2048 (2014) on Violence in and through the media

Resolutions

• Resolution 1980 (2014) Increasing the reporting of suspected sexual abuse of children
• Resolution 1926 (2013) on Fighting child sex tourism
• Resolution 1834 (2011) Combating "child abuse images" through committed, transversal and internationally co-ordinated action
• Resolution 1733 (2010) Reinforcing measures against sex offenders
• Resolution 1662 (2009) on action to combat gender-based rights violations, including abduction of women and girls
• Resolution 1579 (2007): Prostitution - Which stance to take?
• Resolution 1530 (2007) on child victims: stamping out all forms of violence, exploitation and abuse
• Resolution 1337 (2003) on migration connected with trafficking in women and prostitution
• Resolution 1307 (2002) on sexual exploitation of children: zero tolerance
• Resolution 1247 (2001) 1 on female genital mutilation
• Resolution 1212 (2000) on rape in armed conflicts
• Resolution 1099 (1996) on the sexual exploitation of children

Recommandations

• Recommendation 309 (2011) on the office of Ombudsman and local and regional authorities
• Recommendation 280 (2010) revised on the role of local and regional authorities in the implementation of human rights
• Recommendation 272 (2009) on the prevention of violence against children
• Recommendation 135 (2003) on local partnerships for preventing and combating violence at schools
• Recommendation 53 (1999) on politics for deprived children / adolescents and family

Resolutions

• Resolution 327 (2011) on The office of Ombudsman and local and regional authorities
• Resolution 289 on the prevention of violence against children
• Resolution 160 on local partnership for preventing and combating violence at school
• Resolution 74 on policies for deprived children/adolescents and families

Conventions

• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
• Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
• International Labour Organization Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour

• Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (13 December 2011)