On this page you will find a short overview of the history of the institute of the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children.
In 2009 the mandate is expanded by ministerial decree to include the topic child sexual abuse material, on which the Rapporteur publishes her first report in 2011. In that report, one of the recommendations of the Rapporteur is to expand the mandate to the entire terrain of sexual violence against children.
The government decides to comply with the request of the National Rapporteur in her First report on child sexual abuse material and widens her mandate to encompass sexual violence against children. Thereby the official name changes to 'National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children'.
As of November 15th, the independent position of the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children is preserved by a formal Dutch law. The 'Law on the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children' was adopted by Parliament with broad support.
