Preventing and fighting Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Thematic Workshop 27th & 31th May 2021

Preventing and fighting child sexual abuse (CSA) and exploitation is a priority for the European Union (EU). In addition to punishing, monitoring, and treating perpetrators, and treating and supporting survivors, more must be done to prevent this crime before it (re)occurs. The EU Directive 2011/93 sets out a number of provisions that require Member States to invest in (1) prevention programmes targeting people who fear they may offend (2) people undergoing criminal proceedings or who are serving a prison sentence for a crimes relating to sexual offences against children, (3) and people coming out from prison to avoid any recidivism. In May 2021, the Joint Research Centre, Cyber &. Digital Citizens’ Security Unit and the Directorate General Home Affairs and Migration’s unit teams arranged a joint Thematic Workshop - gathering internationally recognized experts from the field - to support the identification of criteria for classifying prevention programmes regarding prevention of CSA within the scope of articles 22 and 24 of the EU Directive 2001/93 and listed above under (1) (2) (3) (i.e. focusing on prevention of perpetration). This classification would enable EU Member States experiencing difficulties in implementing prevention programmes at different stages, by providing a source of structured and reliable information. It will also support the dissemination of research-based prevention work in different cultures and countries.

DI GIOIA Rosanna;  BESLAY Laurent;  CASSAR Annette;  PAWULA Anna; 

2022-01-27

Publications Office of the European Union

JRC127262

978-92-76-46993-3 (online),   

1831-9424 (online),   

EUR 30973 EN,    OP KJ-NA-30973-EN-N (online),   

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC127262,   

10.2760/725913 (online),