Sexual exploitation of children
Web Content DisplayConvention on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse comes into force on 1 July 2010 This new Council of Europe convention to combat sexual violence against children is the first international instrument to tackle all forms of sexual violence against children, including abuse perpetrated within the family environment. Apart from sexual abuse, child prostitution and pornography and coercing children into participating in pornographic performances, the convention also deals with grooming and sex tourism. For Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General, sexual violence against children is a crime against childhood. She stressed that definite actions are needed to prevent, condemn and punish abuses, help children to protect and express themselves, and give victims a chance to overcome their trauma. ''This is necessary, feasible and urgent.'' (more ...) Web Content Display28-29 October, Warsaw: Conference on protecting children from sexual exploitation and abuse Organised within the framework of the Joint Project with the EU on strengthening and protecting women’s and children’s rights in Ukraine (TRES Project), the conference aimed at examining the existing tools on the international level to protect children in line with the Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse. (more ...) Web Content Display
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Statistics indicate that in western democracies approximately one in ten children or young adults is the victim of some form of sexual abuse. Sexual abuse against children occurs in various forms: incest, pornography, prostitution, human trade and sexual aggression. All of these carry very serious physical and psychological consequences for children. 
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