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ECPAT Belgium at the Council of Europe

On the 1st of March, ECPAT Belgium was invited to the Council of Europe to present its ReACT European report “Better support, better protection” to the 47 States Parties. This report includes numerous recommendations to help lawyers and guardians to better identify and take care of child victims of trafficking.

This session was also an opportunity to present the ReACT video and folder created for children in order to inform them about their rights.These tools were received very positively and were incorporated as a good practice in the recent report of the Council of Europe “Protecting children affected by the refugee crisis from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse“.

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First European Day on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse

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The 18th of November marks the first European Day on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse initiated by the Council of Europe.

On this occasion, the Council of Europe produced an awareness-raising movie made by children for children.

During the last 3 years, ECPAT groups haven been collaborating on the project “Don’t Look Away” to raise awareness among travellers on child sexual exploitation in tourism and to encourage them to report sexual abuse.

ECPAT Belgium, which has been fighting against child sexual exploitation for 25 years, welcomes this initiative of the new European Day.

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The 18th of November becomes the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse!

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!

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The purpose of the European Day, initiated by the Council of Europe, is to raise public awareness and to open the discussion on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and abuse.

It will also offer the occasion to promote the Lanzarote Convention, a unique legally binding instrument for the criminalization of all forms of sexual abuse of children.

This Day is meant for children, parents, educators, decision-makers, NGO, etc. and for anybody that’s touched by  the protection of children.

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