In order to support the ‘One in Five: Stop Sexual violence against Children’ Campaign, to contribute to the protection of children’s rights in Europe and to increase the awareness of law students on the subject, ELSA created a network-wide Legal Research Group (LRG) called ‘ELSA for Children’.

Throughout the year 2012, 250 students coming from 23 countries researched on the national implementation of European and international instruments protecting children against violence and sexual abuse. The project resulted in a final report compiling national data on the different definitions and legal approaches, which will be published on the 20th of March 2013.

Aims of the Research

The ELSA for Children Legal Research Project aim to ensure a consistent approach in order to facilitate high quality legal comparison in the field of children's rights. Moreover, involving students, academics and professionals, ELSA contributed to raise awareness on the problematics in this field.

The results of the ELSA for Children Legal Research Group will be published on the website of the "ONE in FIVE" campaign.

Below you can find a video from the Council of Europe explaining the campaign.