The study, published in January 2025, was developed over 18 months with the help of a global community of 330 stakeholders and individuals from across the sector. The aim was to address the lack of resources and ensure that the focus is on longer-term work and tackling the root causes of child sexual abuse.

The Children's Rights Portal is a platform of the "National Coalition Germany - Network for the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child" which collects knowledge, literature, academic papers on children's rights in one place. The portal contains materials that address children's rights in their entirety or in greater depth individually. The materials on the Children's Rights Portal support teachers and educational professionals in daycare centres, primary schools, secondary schools and out-of-school settings in addressing children's rights in their learning settings. It contains a wide range of media, such as brochures, podcasts, worksheets, films, games and much more.

“Building Safe Futures: Solutions to end childhood sexual violence” is a comprehensive evidence review highlighting what works to prevent and respond to childhood sexual violence in low- and middle-income countries.

The Digital Future for Children (DFC) Center supports an evidence base for child rights-based advocacy, and promotes dialogue between science and policy while empowering children's voices. The research report provides an insight into the debate on smartphone policies in schools and the associated children's rights.

At the Summit for the Future, the United Nations adopted the Global Digital Compact, which sets out fundamental principles for shaping the digital environment. This pact is part of the “Our Common Agenda” initiative and forms the basis for a shared digital future.

The groundbreaking new report, released as part of Project 2KNOW, reveals the intricate web of factors that drive online child sexual abuse offending. The report offers critical insights into the motivations, facilitators, situational factors, and barriers that influence individuals to engage in CSAM-related crimes.

In his latest blog post, John Carr comments on the current status of the European Commission's proposal for a regulation to prevent and combat sexual violence against children online.

With the 2. amendment of the Federal Youth Protection Act in Germany, the legislator has introduced the legal concept of personal integrity into the Youth Protection Act. The text presents an understanding of the protection objectives, which is derived from the justification for the reform and other developments in the field and results in the following definition:

Personal integrity of children includes the protection of physical and psychological integrity as well as personal data. In particular, the age-appropriate and future-open development as well as the informational and sexual self-determination of minors must be ensured. The abuse of inexperience and age, economic exploitation and the commercial or other improper processing and dissemination of user data are, conversely, contrary to the protection of personal integrity.

The article is a reflection of the "Global Age Assurance Standards Summit 2024" regarding the development of an age verification procedure.

The Global Age Assurance Standards Summit, which took place from 8 to 12 April 2024, brought together more than 700 stakeholders, including governments, regulators, international organisations, civil society, academia, industry and technical experts, to produce this communiqué defining the position, state of the art and evolution of age assurance and age assessment standards.