Webinar | Online Recruitment of CAAFAG: Trends, Legal Implications, and Prevention Strategies

The recruitment of children is increasingly occurring in digital spaces, including online gaming platforms and social media. These evolving recruitment strategies challenge traditional prevention, monitoring and response mechanisms and call for strengthened collaboration between child protection actors, policymakers and technology companies. Therefore, this webinar brought together experts, and practitioners to foster a collaborative environment that encourages learning about these new trends and opportunities to support prevention. The webinar was facilitated by Sandra Maignant, CAAFAG Advisor at Plan International and co-lead of the CAAFAG Task Force. The session featured contributions from: 1. Galen Lamphere Englund, Senior Counter Terrorism and Conflict Prevention Advisor – Research on Recruitment through Online Gaming Platforms 2. Ottavia Galuzzi, Associate Expert, UNICRI - Findings from Research Conducted in Colombia on Online Recruitment 3. Vanessa Murphy, Legal Adviser, ICRC – Legal Implications and the Application of International Law in Digital Contexts 4. Kristin Skoberne, Political Affairs Officer, OSRSG CAAC – Advocacy Initiatives