SPLETNO OKO, Safer Internet Centre Slovenia, Criminal Police Directorate of the General Police Directorate and the Association of Informatics and Telecommunications at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
organized the
which took place on 20 September 2022 at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia
On September 20 2022, the Spletno oko hotline (part of the Centre for a Safer Internet in Slovenia, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences), together with the Criminal Police Directorate of the General Police Directorate of Slovenia and the Association of Informatics and Telecommunications of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, organized the 12th Conference on Child Sexual Abuse Online, held at the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana. More than 220 participants took part in the conference.
The conference was primarily aimed at law enforcement agencies, courts, legislators, education and social work centers and non-governmental organizations.
Participants were first addressed by the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana Iztok Prezelj, the Director of the Association for Informatics and Telecommunications at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia Nenad Šutanovac, and the Director of the Criminal Police Directorate at the General Police Directorate David Antolovič.
Two expert presentations followed. Dr. Katja Filipčič, a professor of criminal law at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, presented the Slovenian model for the treatment of juvenile offenders. She was followed by Nina Mezinec from the Criminal Police Directorate of the General Police Directorate, presenting Slovenian cases in which children were recruited to send intimate photos of themselves to the offenders. The importance of preventive measures was emphasized.
The expert presentations were followed by eight different workshops, that were all carried out twice. Participants were so able to choose two workshops from a wide range of topics. One workshop, for example, focused on investigating sexual abuse of children online and the specifics of dealing with juvenile crime suspects; another presented the work of social work centers with underage crime suspects, and one explored the possible motivations for viewing pornographic and violent content and the impact of modern forms of pornography on behavior and crime in this area.
All participants and panelists agreed: The perpetrators of serious sexual offences can be very young. Often they don’t think about the consequences of their actions and are not aware of the seriousness of their behavior.
The event was made possible by:
