In her First Report on Child Pornography the independent Dutch National Rapporteur concludes that child abuse images, as a phenomenon, cannot be regarded separately from sexual violence against children. To separate the two in terms of policy would therefore be artificial. The findings in the report show that such a separation lessens the effect of interventions. Protection of children cannot solely be provided by a repressive approach. Protection also means: prevention of offenses, identification and registration of offenders and victims, provision of assistance to victims and after-care for offenders. This requires cooperation and partnership between government institutions, non-governmental organisations and private parties.