SIGN THE PETITION TO MAKE THE INTERNET SAFE FOR KIDS

SIGN THE PETITION TO MAKE THE INTERNET SAFE FOR KIDS

 Together we can make a change

Together we can make a change

At the Justice Initiative we have seen the profound impact that sexual violence and abuse has on the lives of children who endured it.

The scale of the issue is only growing as perpetrators are able to harness the power of the internet. Children are now at risk of grooming and sexual abuse online, physical abuse in their homes and communities, and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is circulating at an alarming rate.

We, together with the #bebraveeurope and #ChildSafetyON campaigns demand that the European Union takes a world-leading stance and votes in favour of the current EU proposal to better prevent and combat child sexual abuse, so that we can protect all children and have justice for survivors.

Together we can make the internet and Europe #safeforkids.

Our demands:

By signing our petition in support of the current EU proposal to better prevent and combat child sexual abuse, you support measures including:

  • Imposing obligations on online service providers, including social media platforms, to prevent, detect and report child sexual abuse taking place on their services, and remove child sexual abuse material
  • Strengthening the fight against child sexual abuse across the Europe
  • Ensuring the necessary support and justice for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse

Policy Demands:

Survivors, parents, teachers, governments, the private sector, and our allies are unifying around a call to end childhood sexual violence in Europe and around the world. Together we can, and must, end child sexual violence in Europe by passing laws that make it hard or impossible for children to be abused online.

We want the EU to step up its efforts to support and assist survivors of child sexual abuse.

To that end:

We support the Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual abuse, proposed by the Commission on 11 May 2022, and we call for its swift adoption. In particular, we call for:

  • the adoption of the proposed obligations for online service providers to prevent, detect, report and remove online child sexual abuse, to put an end to the continuous re-victimisation of survivors, and enable the swift rescue of victims from ongoing or imminent abuse;
  • the creation of the proposed EU Centre to prevent and combat child sexual abuse, empowered to facilitate the effective assistance and support of survivors throughout the Union.

We call for the EU to include in the future revision of the 2011 Directive on combatting child sexual abuse obligations for Member States to:

  • ensure that effective mechanisms to report child sexual abuse are in place and that effective investigative tools are deployed to identify victims and rescue them as soon as possible from ongoing abuse;
  • ensure that the criminal statue of limitation in child sexual abuse cases is extended as much as possible;
  • officially recognise survivors who have suffered any form of child sexual abuse or exploitation;
  • conform to best international standards and practices in relation to acknowledgment, reappraisal and apology of past abuses and forms of reparation.

Justice initiative is an initiative of the Guido Fluri Foundation covering the whole of Europe, whereas the Call for Action is an initiative limited to the 27 member countries of the European Union in support of the legislative proposal of the European Commission.

543,531 have signed to make the internet safe for kids and end child sexual abuse in the EU.

We process your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy

You will receive an email confirmation upon signing even if you opted out

We need your help to spread our message, by sharing the video you can help protect children.

Did you know?

20%

of children in Europe are victims of some form of sexual violence

29M

global reports of suspected online child sexual exploitation in 2021

86%

of all known child sexual abuse material discovered online was hosted in Europe

Hear survivors share their experiences

Hear survivors share their experiences

This initiative is supported by:

Loading...


Our Partners