The Role of the Council of Europe in Combatting Violence Against Children. Ensuring an Efective Legal Framework on European Level

The Council of Europe, as an international organization which includes the european parliamentary democracies, strives to closely monitor the developments from the member states, in order to detect, as soon as possible, new needs and suitable topics for cooperation at european level. Of these subjects, the judicial cooperation in the area of family law and also in criminal law, plays an important role, taking into consideration that deals with issues related to private life of all individuals. The Council of Europe has focused on children rights and their protection againts various forms of violence. As stand-alone organization, Council of Europe has sustained the global efforts to combat sexual exploitation of children by establishing an effective legal framework and promoting international cooperation. It is time to act in an efficient way in order to prevent the sexual exploitation and child abuse, to protect children and punish the offenders. The sufferings peoduced, the consequences that, most often, last a lifetime, but also the serious violations of human rights by commiting such crimes have prompted the Council of Europe to react strongly, calling on all member states. In this regard, under the auspices of Council of Europe have been carried out aimed at maintaining attention on protecting children from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse.