Existing and Emerging Sexually Exploitative Practices…

• Opening Remarks
• Presentation of the Report on Existing and Emerging Sexually Exploitative Practices against Children in the Digital Environment
• National practices on safeguarding children in the digital environment
• Leveraging AI in investigations: the AI for Safer Children initiative
• Better Understanding Trends in AI Innovation and Sexual Exploitation of Children in the Digital Environment
• Questions and Comments
• Closing Remarks

The event will seek to provide an overview of recent trends and developments in sexually exploitative practices against children in the digital environment, spotlight the key challenges posed by AI and related technologies, as well as its positive potential to combat the trends of child sexual abuse and exploitation.

The event will also serve to formally introduce the report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children on "Existing and Emerging Sexually Exploitative Practices against Children in the Digital Environment". Key findings and recommendations from this report will be highlighted, and complemented with a multi-stakeholder panel discussion on better understanding the impact of technological advancements on child protection in the digital space.

Organizers: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations.