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Boy and a girl, teenagers, holding hands, boy is walking away from camera, girl looking into camera.
  • Resource
  • Swedish Safer Internet Centre, ECPAT Sweden the Swedish hotline
  • 17 December 2025

This study examines children who commit sexual abuse against other children, drawing on insights from experts, practitioners, and ECPAT Sweden’s support services. The report highlights that 30–50 per cent of sexual offences against children are committed by another minor, yet the group is highly heterogeneous. Children who harm others may have diverse backgrounds, including experiences of trauma, social difficulties, unmet emotional needs, or challenges with impulse control.

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  • Rule and guideline
  • online sexual coercion and extortion of children (OSCEC) (formerly referred to as sextortion), policy and regulation

This national strategy covers the period 2021–2025 and outlines 30 specific measures to prevent, detect, investigate, and support victims of online sexual abuse involving children, promoting cross-sector collaboration between governmental bodies, internet service providers, schools, parents, and NGOs. Issued by the Norwegian government, it aims to strengthen and coordinate efforts across various sectors and actors to tackle a dramatic increase in online child abuse cases.

  • Norway

  • Implemented 2021 - 2025
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
Four aligned boxes of increasing height and different colours with the writing "Knowledge hub: Rules and guidelines".
  • Rule and guideline
  • cyberbullying

The “Estrategia de Erradicación de la Violencia contra la Infancia y Adolescencia” (2023–2030) (EEVIA) is a national plan aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against children and adolescents. Its primary goals are to strengthen the prevention of violence through coordinated efforts among public administrations and stakeholders, improve detection and early intervention using an integrated and multidisciplinary approach, and increase the visibility of violence against minors to better understand its scope.

  • Spain

  • Implemented 2023 - 2030
  • BIK+ strategy pillar 1 - protection
Incest – Comic strips, Point de Contact
  • Resource
  • French Safer Internet Centre
  • 31 July 2025

The French hotline Point de Contact makes available to the public the comic strip "Max goes to his uncle's house" (in French: "Max va chez son oncle").

Infographic showing the key results of the study "sexual harassment online"
  • Resource
  • Austrian Safer Internet Centre
  • 27 February 2025

The study ‘Sexual Harassment Online’ clearly shows that sexual harassment on the internet is a sad part of everyday life for many children and young people in Austria. The infographic shows the key findings of the study, which was conducted in October 2024. 405 young people between the ages of 11 and 17 took part in the online survey. In addition, 70 young people from four school classes aged between 13 and 19 were interviewed in focus groups. Interviews with experts from counselling centres and academia rounded off the study.

Human hand on computer mouse in a cyberverse with internet icons.
  • Resource
  • ECPAT Sweden the Swedish hotline
  • 13 January 2025

English Summary:

Sexual exploitation of children is a serious and globally widespread crime that can manifest in many ways, including through so-called livestreamed sexual abuse. To combat this, ECPAT Sweden’s Financial Coalition launched ”Project Indicators” with the long term goal of preventing payments for child sexual abuse.

Young girl sitting on a sofa, watching a mobile phone screen.
  • Resource
  • ECPAT Sweden the Swedish hotline
  • 13 January 2025

English Summary:

Ecpat's report "It’s seen as a hack" focuses on children's experiences and attitudes towards sugardating, where adults exploit children for the purchase of sexual services. The report makes it clear that the child's perspective is both crucial and necessary when designing support interventions.

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