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Children should be protected from all forms of exploitation prejudicial to any aspects of their welfare in relation to the digital environment.Exploitation may occur in many forms, such as economic exploitation, including child labour, sexual exploitation and abuse, the sale, trafficking and abduction of children and the recruitment of children to participate in criminal activities, including forms of cybercrime.

By creating and sharing content, children may be economic actors in the digital environment, which may result in their exploitation.


Focus

  • Ansicht: EuroDIG 2025: Aufruf zur Programmgestaltung
    28.10.24

    EuroDIG 2025: Call for Issues

    Torsten Krause, SDC

    The European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) will once again provide a platform for discussion and networking between representatives and stakeholders from politics, private sector, civil society and academia from 12 to 14 May 2025 in Strasbourg, France. In preparation for the conference, there is still an opportunity to submit proposals for the thematic organisation of the programme until 31 December 2024.

  • Ansicht: Deutschland: Sonderberichterstatterin fordert landesweit einheitlichen Ansatz zum Schutz von Kindern
    25.10.24

    Germany: Special Rapporteur calls for consistent approach to child protection across the country

    Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, Vereinte Nationen

    Germany has done significant work towards prevention and protection of children from sale, sexual abuse and exploitation, a UN expert said today, urging the country to adopt a national child protection strategy with an oversight mechanism to ensure consistency and harmony of approaches and implementation across the country.

  • Ansicht: Sonderberichterstatterin informiert sich über sexualisierte Gewalt an Kindern
    18.10.24

    Special Rapporteur gathers information on sexualised violence against children

    Torsten Krause, SDC

    Mama Fatima Singhateh, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, has been visiting Germany since Monday to learn about the current situation and existing developments in relation to preventing, combating and raising awareness of sexualised abuse against children. On 17 October, the ‘Child protection and children's rights in the digital world’ project of the Digital Opportunities Foundation and other organisations were invited to discuss positive and negative developments regarding the digital dimensions of sexualised violence against children with her.

  • Ansicht: Deutschland: Sonderberichterstatterin fordert landesweit einheitlichen Ansatz zum Schutz von Kindern
    27.09.24

    Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children visits Germany

    Torsten Krause, SDC

    From 14 to 25 October, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, Mama Fatima Singhateh, will visit Germany to assess the current situation and progress in relation to preventing, combating and raising awareness of sexualised violence against children.

Scientific studies

Official documents