The 18th of November 2015 will mark the first European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse. Save the date and join us in the fight against commercial sexual exploitation of children! The purpose of the European Day, initiated by the Council of Europe, is to raise public awareness and […]
What kind of protection is offered to children against commercial sexual exploitation in Belgium? What are the possible improvements of the system? ECPAT Belgium’s assessment of the situation in Belgium, is now available in English. Copyright ECPAT Belgique « Stop à l’exploitation sexuelle commerciale des enfants »
Web giants Google, Facebook and Twitter have joined forces with a British charity in a bid to remove millions of indecent child images from the net. In a UK first, anti-abuse organisation Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has begun sharing lists of indecent images, identified by unique “hash” codes. The IWF, which works to take […]
Child Sexual Abuse Materials and the Internet: Influences and Motives of CSAM users online Since their very beginning, new technologies have been used to perpetrate crimes related to child sexual abuse. Indeed, they provide for an ideal environment for the production, acquisition, possession and distribution of child sexual abuse materials, while guaranteeing anonymity to their users. […]
2014 has been a commemorative year for ECPAT Belgium: 10-year anniversary of the “Stop Child Prostitution” campaign, 20 years since ECPAT Belgium started and 25-year anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Find out more here about our activities in 2014. Best of: launch of the “I say STOP” website, signature of […]
This is the main conclusion of the ECPAT Belgium’s report for the Universal Periodic Review undertaken by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Besides harmonizing its legislation to the international treaties regarding child prostitution and pornography, Belgium should enhance its efforts to better identify and protect child victims of commercial sexual exploitation. Copyright […]
Child Sexual Abuse Materials and the Internet: Challenges for the Law Enforcement Agencies Even if the extent of child sexual abuse materials on the Internet is difficult to evaluate, experts agree on the fact that it is huge and will increase in the years to come. Consequently, this second analysis on child sexual abuse materials […]
In the Shadows of the Internet: Child Sexual Abuse Materials in the Darknets Darknets are private networks guaranteeing anonymity to their users for different activities, among them file sharing. The common philosophy adopted in this underground of the Internet being a complete rejection of any censorship, these networks are also used for the exchange and […]
ECPAT Belgium is proud to announce the launch of a new website, www.make-it-safe.net, containing online recommendations to surf safe, for teenagers, parents and teaching staff. What is sexting or grooming? How to react while confronted to cyber-bullying? How to secure a password? Answers to these questions can be found on the website, available […]
Each year, about 2 millions children are victims of commercial sexual exploitation, one of the worst forms of labour. Each year, from all international tourists, one third travels in the period from June to August. Being well aware of the prostitution of children in certain tourist destinations, more efforts are needed to sensitize the public […]