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Guidelines for ethical research on sexual exploitation involving children
Publisher: ECPAT International (Report)
This document provides guidance for negotiating these ethical questions for a range of people engaged in field research (from lead researchers to data collectors).
Sexual Exploitation of Children in Africa – A Silent Emergency
Publisher: African Child Policy Forum, OAK Foundation (Report)
Child sexual exploitation has never been and will never be an inevitablehuman condition. It is preventable and can and should be eliminated. Governments, civil society organisations and other relevant bodies…
Child Online Safety: Minimizing the Risk of Violence, Abuse and Exploitation Online
Publisher: Broadband Coalition for Sustainable Development, International Telecommunications Union, UNESCO (Report)
Affordable, reliable connectivity is now coming to more countries than ever. But too often, children cannot realize these opportunities, because the Internet is also a place, in which the vulnerable…
Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2019
Publisher: Europol (Briefing)
This annual assessment of the cybercrime threat landscape highlights the persistence and tenacity of a number of key threats. In all areas, we see how most of the main threats…
Global Strategic Response
Publisher: WeProtect Global Alliance (Report)
One-page overview across policy, criminal justice, victim support, technology, society and research. Download WeProtectGA-Global-Strategic-Response-EN Français | Español | Português | العربية
Working examples of WPGA Model National Response – capabilities and implementation
Publisher: Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, UNICEF, WeProtect Global Alliance (Report)
As an initiative interested in hearing from our membership base, we surveyed our WePROTECT Global Alliance country members at the end of 2017 to learn about their progress towards implementing…
Trends in Online Child Sexual Exploitation: Examining the Distribution of Captures of Live-streamed Child Sexual Abuse
Publisher: Internet Watch Foundation (Report)
This study aimed to examine characteristics of captures of live-streamed child sexual abuse in distribution online.
Victim identification involves the detailed analysis of images and videos to locate and rescue child sexual abuse victims
Publisher: INTERPOL (Tool)
Online child sexual abuse is one of the rare crime areas where police officers start with the evidence and work their way back to the crime scene.
The NetClean Report 2018
Publisher: Netclean (Report)
Insights on child sexual abuse crime from nearly 300 police officers around the world, and experiences from businesses and organisations that detect child sexual abuse material in their IT environment.
Online Child Protection Combatting Child Sexual Abuse Material on the Internet
Publisher: International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (Report)
In particular, the report presents a range of legal measures which Commonwealth Member States might consider adopting and it sets them in the context of wider initiatives designed to make…