Objective
Sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children, including child
pornography and child prostitution, are particularly severe crimes which
the development of the internet has further aggravated, generating new
crimes such as “grooming”, i.e. soliciting children online for sexual
purposes.
This seminar aims to promote the effective investigation and prosecution
of offences in this area of law with an assessment of how e-evidence is
handled in these cases.
Key topics
- European and international legal instruments to fight child pornography online
- Soliciting children on the internet for sexual purposes (‘grooming’)
- Live-streaming of webcam child sex tourism
- Handling e-evidence in child sex abuse material
Who should attend?
Judges, prosecutors and lawyers in private practice from EU Member States.
Participation
This project, sponsored by the European Commission, consists of six
seminars to take place in Zagreb, Madrid, Athens, Trier, Prague and
Tallinn.
Please note that due to the large number of applications for this
series, participants may attend only 1 event out of the 6 outlined
above.
Registration fee: €200
The number of places available for participants is limited. Applications
will be accepted on a first come, first served basis and according to
nationalities. All applicants will be informed whether or not they have
been selected after applications have closed.
Travel costs up to €300 and two nights' hotel
accommodation up to €100 per night will be reimbursed by ERA upon
receipt of the original receipts, tickets, boarding passes, invoices
after the seminar.
Participants are asked to book their own travel and accommodation.
These rules do not apply to representatives of EU Institutions and Agencies, who must cover their own travel and accommodation.
Participation is only open to judges, prosecutors and lawyers in private practice from eligible EU Member States.