COUNTRY OVERVIEW - Ending Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: - REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

The Republic of Moldova, like the of refugees entering the Republic of rest of the world, was severely affected by Moldova, thereby worsening the already the COVID-19 pandemic and a drought in fragile situation of the country due to the 2020 exacerbated the situation. [...] The “Preventing and protecting children from report also mentions the increasing number violence including in the digital environment of sexual offences against children and sets in the Republic of Moldova” which focuses on the supremacy of the law and the equal the protection and promotion of children’s access to justice for children as strategic rights in the digital environment and targets. [...] 20 ENDING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION: STATE-OF-PLAY IN LIGHT OF THE LANZAROTE CONVENTION REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 21 RESPONSE OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA TO THE SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN COORDINATION AND COOPERATION In May 2022, the Government of the foresees the development and approval of Republic of Moldova approved the a mechanism for reporting and blocking creation of the “. [...] As per for the coordination and monitoring of the information shared by the Republic of implementation of the Council of Europe Moldova for the purpose of this report, in Convention of the protection of children late December 2022, the concept of the against sexual exploitation and sexual mechanism was approved by the General abuse” within the National Council for Police Inspectorate and the mecha. [...] On the participation of children and in the legislation, there are no mechanisms survivors of sexual exploitation and sexual that ensure the participation of children in abuse, the Republic of Moldova should government activities and programmes, strengthen its efforts to ensure that the or in the elaboration of public policies and perspectives of children are heard in laws.