Child sexual abuse and exploitation online and offline
In December 2011 the European Parliament and the Council adopted Directive 2011/93/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography which establishes minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences and sanctions in the area of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children, child pornography and solicitation of children for sexual purposes and follows the holistic approach required to fight these crimes effectively.
The Member States had 18 December 2013 as a deadline for its transposition.
In accordance with Article 28 of Directive 2011/93/EU in December 2016 the Commission published two reports on its implementation which assessed the extent to which the Member States have taken measures to comply with the Directive as well as the implementation of Article 25 of Directive 2011/93/EU on measures for removal of and blocking access to web pages containing or disseminating child pornography. Despite the significant efforts made by the Member States in the transposition of this particular Article, there is still room to use its potential to the full by continuing to work on its complete and correct implementation across Member States. In its resolution of 11 March 2015 on child sexual abuse online the European Parliament recognised the need for further measures to protect children from sexual abuse online and to fight effectively the child sexual offences committed by using Internet.
In accordance with Article 28 of Directive 2011/93/EU in December 2016 the Commission published two reports on its implementation which assessed the extent to which the Member States have taken measures to comply with the Directive as well as the implementation of Article 25 of Directive 2011/93/EU on measures for removal of and blocking access to web pages containing or disseminating child pornography. Despite the significant efforts made by the Member States in the transposition of this particular Article, there is still room to use its potential to the full by continuing to work on its complete and correct implementation across Member States. In its resolution of 11 March 2015 on child sexual abuse online the European Parliament recognised the need for further measures to protect children from sexual abuse online and to fight effectively the child sexual offences committed by using Internet.
European Pariliament
- Press conference by Rapporteur ahead of the vote in Plenary
- European Parliament resolution of 11 March 2015 on child sexual abuse online (2015/2564(RSP))
- Study on Combatting child sexual abuse online, Policy Department C, December, 2015
- European implementation assessment of Directive 2011/93/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography
European Commission documents
- Directive 2011/93/EU of the 13 December 2011 on combatting the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography
- Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council assessing the extent to which the Member States have taken necessary measures in order to comply with Directive 2011/93/EU (COM (2016) 871)
- Report from the Commission to the EP and the Council assessing the implementation of the measures referred to in Article 25 of Directive 2011/93/EU of the 13 December 2011
Other institutions and bodies
Council of Europe
United Nations