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1. Damages for possession of child pornography: legal possibilities and practical obstacles

   July’s Chronicle, the journal of the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates (IAYFJM), featured an ...

   News item | 02-08-2016 | 11:16

2. Words matter: a more effective protection of children from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse by improving terminology

   A global Interagency Working Group released the ‘Terminology Guidelines for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation ...

   News item | 14-06-2016 | 17:21

3. Global Study finds sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism is increasing and occurring in every part of the world

   A two-year Global Study initiated by ECPAT International and financed by the Dutch ministry of Foreign Affairs published today ...

   News item | 12-05-2016 | 11:14

4. New report: National Rapporteur concerned about Syrian child brides and Roma children

   The Dutch National Rapporteur is concerned about the vulnerability of Roma children, Syrian child brides and children illegally ...

   News item | 14-04-2016 | 11:31

5. Dutch Rapporteur: ‘The archetypal child molester does not exist’

   In her report ‘Child sexual abuse on trial’, the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against ...

   News item | 18-03-2016 | 17:27

6. National Rapporteur gives the opening speech of the panel of Missing Children in New York

   Missing children and human trafficking, two problems that have a greater interdependency than is commonly thought. Missing ...

   News item | 18-03-2016 | 14:39

7. National Rapporteur delivers a speech at the Chairpersons' meeting on human trafficking in the digital age

   In the context of the Dutch EU Presidency parliamentarians from various European states came to The Hague to discuss modern forms ...

   News item | 15-03-2016 | 18:18

8. Dutch Rapporteur visits Washington

   Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children Corinne Dettmeijer will visit ...

   News item | 24-02-2016 | 16:47

9. New figures on identification and protection of victims of human trafficking and prosecution of traffickers

   More possible victims of human trafficking were identified in the Netherlands in 2014. The largest group of possible victims were ...

   News item | 16-06-2015 | 08:00

10. Dutch Rapporteur: less thresholds for victims of sexual violence

    More victims and perpetrators of sexual violence against children should be identified. The existing thresholds for victims to ...

    News item | 19-03-2015 | 15:27