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Protecting the ‘innocence’ of children |
The Minister for Crime Safeguarding & Vulnerability, Victoria Atkins, will reaffirm this government’s determination to end the sexual exploitation of children around the world by ratifying the Lanzarote Convention. The UK’s compliance with the Lanzarote Convention and this ratification will ensure that the UK Home Office is taking robust action with 43 countries to help rid the globe of the scourge of sexual violence and child abuse through greater information sharing and international cooperation. The Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, known as the Lanzarote Convention, is part of the UN and Council of Europe standards to end all kinds of sexual offences against children, including exploitation of children through prostitution, grooming & offences related to child abuse material. |
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