Subject: EU Recast Directive on Child Sexual Abuse - child rights’ organisations calls
From: "Julie Fuchs" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Jeanne-Marie Quashie | Terre des Hommes" <[email-masked]>, "Isaline Wittorski" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:33:55 +0200

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Dear Minister Pakosta,

I am writing on behalf of ECLAG* Steering Group, a coalition of child
rights organisations united to end child sexual abuse and exploitation. As
the negotiations on the EU
<https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2024%3A60%3AFIN
>  Recast Directive on Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation progress, we
would like to share our key
<https://childsafetyineurope.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ECLAG_CSA-Dire
ctive-Priorities-Paper-May-2025.pdf>  priorities and recommendations to
ensure the Directive delivers strong protection, justice and support for
all children.
Specifically, we call for:

1.

	Extending the list of crimes to include all forms of child sexual
abuse and exploitation - such as sexual extortion, self- and oral
penetration of a sexual nature - and for aligning penalties for online and
in person abuse as well as for children below and above the age of
consent;
2.

	Ensuring all children below the age of 18 are protected from
grooming;
3.

	Criminalising the production, possession and distribution of
AI-generated CSAM in all circumstances, including when produced for
personal use;
4.

	Advancing a protective definition of consent;
5.

	Abolishing limitation periods in both civil and criminal
proceedings  to ensure all survivors can effectively access justice;
6.

	Adopting strong prevention and protection measures for victims and
survivors, including mandatory child safeguarding policies, criminal
record checks and child-friendly, multidisciplinary and interagency
support centres offering medical, psychological, and legal assistance in
one coordinated setting.

We urge all EU Member States to demonstrate courage and ambition in
ensuring that this revision brings meaningful and lasting improvements for
children.
We would welcome the opportunity to meet with you to discuss these
priorities further.
We look forward to hearing from you soon,

Yours sincerely,

Julie Fuchs
on behalf of ECLAG Steering Group

*The European Child sexual abuse
<https://www.childsafetyineurope.com/eclag/>  Legislation Advocacy Group
(ECLAG) is a coalition of over 70 child rights NGOs joining forces to
fight to protect children from sexual violence and abuse. ECLAG Steering
Group is formed by ECPAT International
<https://ecpat.org/ecpat-project-beacon/> , <https://www.eurochild.org/>
Eurochild, <https://missingchildreneurope.eu/>  Missing Children Europe,
<https://www.iwf.org.uk/>  Internet Watch Foundation,
<https://www.terredeshommes.org/>  Terre des Hommes and
<https://www.thorn.org/>  Thorn.

Julie Fuchs (she/her)

EU Policy and Advocacy Officer

Based in Belgium - CEST

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