How to improve the detection of child abuse in Belgium?
Authors: Vinck Imgard , Christiaens Wendy , Jonckheer Pascale , Veereman Geneviève , Kohn Laurence , Dekker Nicole , Peremans Lieve , Offermans Anne-Marie , Burzykowska Ana , Roland Michel 
Published: January 2025

APPENDIX REPORT 1 -- 1. ACTORS INVOLVED IN THE CARE TRAJECTORY OF CHILD ABUSE 4 -- 1.1. TERRITORIAL COMPETENCE OF THE ASSISTANCE SERVICES INVOLVED 4 -- 1.2. GENERAL SERVICES FOR HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN 5 -- 1.2.1. Generic 5 -- 1.2.2. Flemish Community 5 -- 1.2.3. Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles 8 -- 1.2.4. German-speaking Community 10 -- 1.3. LOW THRESHOLD SERVICES SPECIFIC FOR CHILD ABUSE CASES 10 -- 1.3.1. Generic. 11 -- 1.3.2. Flemish-speaking Community 11 -- 1.3.3. Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles 11 -- 1.3.4. German-speaking Community 12 -- 1.4. MANDATED SERVICES IN THE FLEMISH COMMUNITY .13 -- 1.5. THE INTERSECTORAL ACCESS GATE: GATEKEEPER FOR INDIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE SERVICES IN THE FLEMISH COMMUNITY 13 -- 1.6. SOCIAL SERVICES FOR JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FLEMISH COMMUNITY.13 -- 1.7. YOUTH CARE SERVICES IN THE FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES .14 -- 1.7.1. Service de laide à la jeunesse - SAJ 14 -- 1.7.2. Service de protection judiciaire - SPJ 14 -- 1.7.3. German-speaking Community 15 -- 1.8. POLICE AND JUDICIARY SERVICES 15 -- 1.8.1. Police services 15 -- 1.8.2. The public prosecutor 16 -- 1.8.3. The investigating magistrate 16 -- 1.8.4. The juvenile court 17 -- 1.9. INDIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE YOUTH WELFARE SERVICES 18 -- 1.9.1. Flemish Community 18 -- 1.9.2. Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles 18 -- 2. COORDINATION, POLICY INITIATIVES AND TOOLS RELATED TO CHILD ABUSE.20 -- 2.1. GENERIC 20 -- 2.1.1. The Belgian National Commission on the Rights of the Child (NCRC) 20 -- 2.2. FLEMISH COMMUNITY. 21 -- 2.2.1. Flemish Office of the Children's Rights Commissioner 21 -- 2.2.2. The Flemish Forum Child Abuse (Vlaams Forum Kindermishandeling).21 -- 2.2.3. Protocol Kindermishandeling Justitie - Welzijn 22 -- 2.2.4. Pilot project: protocol of courage (protocol van moed) 22 -- 2.2.5. CO3 project 22 -- 2.2.6. Commitment for the protection of sexual integrity of minors in schools, sports, youth sector and childcare. 22 -- 2.2.7. Initiative Child Death review teams 22 -- 2.2.8. Policy initiatives 2015-2016 23 -- 2.2.9. Tools 24 -- 2.3. FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES 24 -- 2.3.1. Délégué général de la Communauté française aux droits de lenfant .24 -- 2.3.2. The Coordination de laide aux enfants victimes de maltraitance 25 -- 2.3.3. The « Commissions de Coordination de l'Aide aux Enfants Victimes de Maltraitance » - CCAEVM. 25 -- 2.3.4. The Conseil d'arrondissement de l'aide à la jeunesse - CAAJ 25 -- 2.3.5. The « 'Observatoire de l'Enfance, de la Jeunesse et de l'Aide à la Jeunesse - OEJAJ.26 -- 2.3.6. Tools 26 -- 2.3.7. Protocols 26 -- 3. TRAJECTORY FOR ASSISTANCE IN (PRESUMED) CHILD ABUSE CASES .28 -- 3.1. FLEMISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY 28 -- 3.1.1. Attempt of management by low-threshold services and individual professionals 28 -- 3.1.2. Management by 1712 and/or VK 28 -- 3.1.3. Referral to mandated services VK or OCJ.29 -- 3.1.4. Referral to judiciary services. 30 -- 3.1.5. Access to indirectly accessible services via the Intersectoral Access Gate .31 -- 3.2. FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES 33 -- 3.2.1. Detection and management by low-threshold services 33 -- 3.2.2. Referral to Judiciary services 34 -- 3.2.3. Access to indirectly accessible services 35 -- 3.3. BRUSSELS 37 -- 3.4. THE GERMAN-SPEAKING COMMUNITY 38 -- REFERENCES 39