Press Release: 48 countries worldwide join forces to fight child sexual abuse online

On 5 December, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström together with US Attorney General Eric Holder will launch a Global Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Online. The initiative aims to unite decision-makers all around the world to better identify and assist victims and to prosecute the perpetrators.

Participants at the launch include Ministers and high-level officials from 27 EU Member States, who are also joined by 21 countries outside the EU (Albania, Australia, Cambodia, Croatia, Georgia, Ghana, Japan, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, the Philippines, Serbia, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, and Vietnam).

• Primary Source

European Commission: Memo/12/937: Combating sexual abuse of children online: a Global Alliance for greater results http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-12-937_en.htm

European Commission: Memo/12/944: Declaration on the Launch of the Global Alliance against child sexual abuse online http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-12-944_en.htm

European Commission: Speech/12/912: Cecilia Malmström: Together against child sexual abuse http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-912_en.htm

European Commission: Speech/12/911: Cecilia Malmström's remarks at the VIP corner on the Global Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Online http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-911_en.htm

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