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On 28 November 2007, the NSPCC and Save the Children Europe Group brought together EU institutions, governments, law enforcement agencies, NGOs and others in Brussels to address two aspects of child sexual abuse.
Online images of abuse, trafficking of under-18s and sex offenders crossing borders to work with children are just some of today's challenges which individual governments cannot address alone.
Working with other countries in the European Union (EU) and beyond is essential to find common solutions and take positive action to improve children's lives.
The NSPCC wants the EU to do everything it can to protect and end cruelty to children, in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This means putting the interests of children at the heart of its activities, and listening to what children say.
Over 10 years ago the NSPCC helped found the European Children's Network (EURONET), which brings together children's organisations from all over Europe. Working together, we promote children's rights and policies which protect children, and help give children a voice in European policy making.
Recommendations for the Informal Meeting of EU Family Ministers’ discussion on “Protecting Children on the Internet” (18 September 2008: Paris) (PDF, 76KB)
September 2008. Although the EU can quite rightly claim to be a world leader in this key area of public policy, in particular through its Safer Internet Programme, there remains a pressing need for high level engagement and action by Member States. This document outlines the areas on which, eNACSO believes, the EU can better work to protect Europe’s children on the internet.
European NGO Alliance for Child Safety Online (eNACSO)
eNACSO is a new coalition of children’s rights NGOs from European Union Member States working to promote online child safety. eNACSO’s objective is to engage with governments, industry and other stakeholders at European and international level in order to promote a safer online environment for children and combat internet-related child abuse and exploitation. For further information, contact Kathleen Spencer Chapman (NSPCC European Adviser) on kspencer@nspcc.org.uk or telephone +44 20 7825 2758.
The exchange of information extracted from criminal records between Member States: what will this mean for the protection of children from sexual abuse, and what more needs to be done? (NSPCC briefing for MEPs) (PDF, 60KB)
August 2008. This briefing for MEPs explains the latest developments in the sharing of criminal records information and the effects this will have on the protection of children from sexual abuse. It calls for more impetus in Europe for the sharing of data between member states and for there to be an organised push to this end.
Protecting children from sexual abuse in Europe
Our new report calls for closer cooperation between EU countries to help keep children safe from known sex offenders across Europe and makes recommendations on how to achieve it. Member states must cooperate at a level that ensures convicted sex offenders cannot get a job that potentially brings them into contact with children simply by moving to another EU country.
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