103 Response Accepted

Ratify Lanzarote Convention

Recommendation

The Chair and Panel recommend that the UK government ratifies the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (the 'Lanzarote Convention') without further delay. They also recommend that ratification is followed, again without further delay, by action to implement the Lanzarote Convention. The Chair and Panel recommend that the Home Office, as the lead UK government department, publishes the timetable for ratifying the Lanzarote Convention and taking any additional steps required to make the UK fully compliant by June 2018.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
- On 20 June 2018, the UK ratified the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (the Lanzarote Convention) (Government Response, Home Office, June 2018).
- In May 2023, the government confirmed that this recommendation had been completed (Government Response to IICSA Final Report, HM Government, May 2023).
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Response
Accepted
Accepted UK Government
22 May 2023

On 20 June 2018, the UK government ratified the Lanzarote Convention.

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Source
Inquiry IICSA
Report Interim Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse 25 Apr 2018
Responsible Bodies
UK Government Primary
Recommendation age 8.0 yrs
Last formal update 1054 days ago