New Delhi: A two-day national conference on Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) is being organised at Vigyan Bhawan here, starting from March 2, said National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday.
Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju will grace the occasion as the chief guest, as per the communique issued by the Rights body.
The Commission said the aim of the conference is to derive recommendations for policymakers, and content hosts including social media platforms and law enforcement agencies among others after deliberations to advocate safe cyberspace for children.
“The production, transmission, and consumption of CSAM trigger further demand for new and more egregious content, thereby perpetuating the sexual abuse of new children in addition to the continued molestation of child victims. This may have irreparable psychological damage on children, impacting their growth and development,” the Rights body said.
The Commission said it has been concerned with the ill effects of online child sexual abuse material and has been organising dialogues from time to time in the recent past to come out with ways and means to check this menace.
Earlier, on July 21, 2020, the NHRC said it had organised an online national conference on the subject with valuable inputs from international organisations, government ministries, law enforcement agencies, national and state commissions, civil society groups, domain experts, and parents’ associations, the statement said.
The Commission said it issued two human rights advisory for the Protection of the Rights of Children in the context of Covid-19 dated September 29, 2020 and June 2, 2021, respectively, wherein it made recommendations to the concerned authorities regarding cybercrime and online safety of children.
These pertained to using the cybercrime reporting portal and ‘PRAGYATA’ guidelines for digital education, the Rights body added.
