Local and regional authorities have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the safety and welfare of children and young people, working together with partners such as the third sector, public organisations and the private sector.  To meet this challenge, the Congress aims to raise Europe’s towns and regions awareness of the issue, to develop and implement community-based action plans and strategies, and to invest in better services.

The Congress has devised a Pact of Towns and Regions to Stop Sexual Violence against Children which proposes measures and strategies to prevent abuse, protect victims, prosecute perpetrators, and ensure the full participation of children in the entire process. 

The Pact of Towns and Regions to Stop Sexual Violence against Children is a tool, launched at the initiative of Council of Europe Congress, that brings together the towns, regions and associations of towns and regions of many countries of Europe. The Pact proposes measures to prevent abuse, protect victims, prosecute perpetrators and ensure the full participation of children in the process as a whole.

Pact of Town of Regions website

Council of Europe Convention
  • Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (Lanzarote Convention)
Council of Europe Strategy
Congress pact to stop sexual violence against children
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Назад The Baden-Württemberg County Association joins the Pact of Cities and Regions to stop sexual violence against children

The Baden-Württemberg County Association joins the Pact of Cities and Regions to stop sexual violence against children

The "Pact of Cities and Regions to stop Sexual Violence against Children", initiated by the Congress, was signed by the Baden-Württemberg County Association. The signing ceremony was held on the margins of the meeting of the Congress Current Affairs Committee at the Baden-Württemberg State Parliament in Stuttgart, Germany, on 28 June 2019.

"Cities and regions are at the frontline of the fight against violence against children and we have a key role to play. In Germany, our policies take into account the protection of victims but also and above all prevention, especially among young people," said Dr. Alexis v. Komorowski, Executive Director of the Association, at the signing ceremony. "It is a subject that transcends borders and concerns the whole of Europe. This is what makes the Pact initiated by Congress so crucial," he added.

The "Pact of Cities and Regions against Sexual Violence against Children" proposes various measures and strategies to prevent abuse, protect victims, prosecute perpetrators and ensure the full participation of children in the process as a whole.

See also: Web page of the Current Affairs Committee meeting

Current Affairs Committee Stuttgart, Germany 28 June 2019
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Lanzarote Convention

The Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse

Seminar on the pact of towns and regions to stop sexual violence against children (13 June 2017,  Belgrade, Serbia)
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Seminar on the pact of towns and regions to stop sexual violence against children (30 June 2015, 's Hertogenbosch, Netherlands)
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