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Child Abuse/Exploitation, Child Sexual Abuse Material (Child Pornography), Missing Children/Child Abduction, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Moldova, Romania, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda

Comparative analysis of ICMEC’s Multisectoral Response and Capacity Assessments (MRCs)

2024

The global fight against Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA) requires that the different actors involved have tools and models that allow them to understand, evaluate, and optimize the response capacities of the countries and the articulation of these capacities at the inter-sectoral, regional, and international levels.

This paper aims to conduct a Comparative Analysis of the Multisectoral Response and Capacity Assessments (MRC) that were conducted by ICMEC's National Capacity Development program in 11 countries and 3 different regions of the world between December 2021 and March 2024.

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Child Abuse/Exploitation, Child Pornography, Child Protection, Child Sexual Abuse Material (Child Pornography), Child Trafficking, Cybercrime, ICMEC Publications, Legislation, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: Guidelines for the Adoption of National Legislation in Latin America

2016

(ICMEC, UNICEF) The primary objective of these guidelines is to determine whether laws and policies exist in Latin America that address prevention, reporting mechanisms, tools, and specialized units for the investigation and prosecution of crimes related to online child sexual abuse and exploitation through the review of the regulatory frameworks in each country. The guidelines are intended to be used by relevant stakeholders including law enforcement, investigators, prosecutors, judges, and governmental and non-governmental organizations seeking to promote reform in legislation and in their fields of action, as well as to advocate for the development and reform of policies concerning prevention, victim assistance, and investigation of production, sale, distribution, and possession of child sexual abuse material.Read More

Child Abuse/Exploitation, Child Pornography, Child Protection, Child Sexual Abuse Material (Child Pornography), Cybercrime, ICMEC Publications, Legislation, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Protecting Children from Cybercrime: Legislative Responses in Latin America to Fight Child Pornography, Online Grooming, and Cyberbullying through Information and Communication Technologies

2015

(ICMEC, The World Bank, Associação dos Juízes Federais da Primeira Região do Brasil) In the framework of the Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development, ICMEC, The World Bank and Associação dos Juízes Federais da Primeira Região do Brasil published a Latin America regional study on legislative responses for the protection of children from violence through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in response to a growing concern over the use of ICTs to commit violence against children.

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ICMEC Publications, Missing Children/Child Abduction, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama

Missing Children in Central America: Research of Practices and Legislation on Prevention and Recovery

2011

(ICMEC, UNICEF) This report is part of UNICEF’s project on “Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation in Central America.” This report is aimed at assessing the current status of the protection of children from going missing/being abducted in Central America.Read More

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