World Congress III Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, 25-28 November 2008
Child-friendly and other background info gathered so far:
Written and/or web available material:
Info from regional consultations:
1.Children and Young People’s Preparatory Meeting for the EAP Preparatory Meeting for the World Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children 14-16 August 2008
Children’s and Young People’s Recommendations
-Child Sex Tourism (CST) – prevention, recovery and reintegration
-Child Pornography – prevention, recovery and reintegration, protection
-Child Prostitution – prevention, recovery and reintegration, protection
-Child Trafficking – prevention, reintegration, protection
2.Children’s Preparatory Forum for the South Asia Regional Preparatory Consultation for the WC3 – 24-26 August 2008
Cross-cutting recommendations
-Theme 1: Recommendations from Children on Forms of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and its New Dimensions
-Theme 2: Recommendations from Children on Legal Framework, Accountability and Law Enforcement Relating to Sexual Exploitation
-Theme 3: Recommendations from Children on Strategies and Goals for Regional and International Cooperation
3.Ground Rules – respect each other/countries, facilitators to encourage participation
-Challenges of growing up in South Asia/Challenges - Quotes by participants on following:
-Education
-Health
-Gender discrimination
-Child labour and sexual exploitation of children
-Inadequate laws and poor implementation
-Lack of protection and facilities for vulnerable children
-Lack of information
-Child/early marriages
-Political conflict
-Lack of children’s participation
-Challenges of growing up in South Asia/Opportunities - Quotes by participants on following:
-Improved access to health services
-Education
-Increasing awareness about children’s rights
-NGO’s/Government work on vulnerable children
-Increased child participation
-RECOMMENDATIONS
4.Adolescent declaration from TACRO, Buenos Aires, 21 de agosto de 2008:
-Declaración De Los Adolescentes Y Jóvenes En La Reunión Preparatoria Regional, En Representación De Niños, Niñas, Adolescentes Y Jóvenes De América Latina (in spanish, possible translation into english/portuguese???)
5.Brochure from ADAP about past congresses and the themes of WClll
6.The Media and Children Rights - and_Children_Rights_2005.pdf including “useful international contacts” and a calendar of “hooks” international events to tap into
7. includes two photoessays; the rights of the child 1 and 2.
Innocenti Info
8. with resources below:
International Standards
United Nations: Convention on the Rights of the Child. General Assembly resolution 44/25. 20 November 1989.
United Nations: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict. General Assembly resolution A/RES/54/263. 25 May 2000.
United Nations: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. General Assembly resolution A/RES/54/263. 25 May 2000.
United Nations: Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. General Assembly resolution A/RES/55/25. 8 January 2001.
International Labour Organization: Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention. No. 182. 1999.
Regional Standards
Council of Europe: Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. Warsaw, 16 May 2005.
Council of Europe: Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse. Lanzarote, 25 October 2007.
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation: Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution.
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation: Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia.
International Guidelines and Recommendations
United Nations: Guidelines on Justice Matters involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime. Economic and Social Council Resolution 2005/20. 22 July 2005. Multiple languages, including child friendly versions
United Nations Children’s Fund: Guidelines on the Protection of Child Victims of Trafficking. Provisional Version. September 2006.
United Nations Economic and Social Council: Stockholm Declaration and Agenda for Action. Adopted at: First World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Stockholm, Sweden, 27-31 August 1996.
The Yokohama Global Commitment 2001. Adopted at: Second World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Yokohama, Japan, 17-20 December 2001.
UNICEF IRC Studies and Reports on Child Trafficking
Child Trafficking in Europe: A Broad Vision to Put Children First (forthcoming). 2008.
Child trafficking in West Africa: Policy Responses. 2002
Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation and other Exploitative Purposes. 2005.
Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and Children, in Africa. 2005.
Also including the following videos: UNICEF's Guy Degen reports on the conference on child trafficking hosted by the Innocenti Research Centre in Florence, Italy and IRC Director Marta Santos Pais discusses human trafficking and how to tailor solutions to children
From ECPAT International:
1.How can children and adolescents provide input into the World Congress III preparations?
• I am an interested young person age 12-18
2.You can also help get input from other children and youth in your community as not all children and youth speak English or have access to Internet:
• Print out and translate the consultation tools into local languages and get input from other children and youth in your community, school and country;
1.Why is the Consultation Tool II important?
-Child and Youth Participation (CYP) and consultation (talking to and getting your opinion) with young people is an important part of the preparation process for the World Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, to be held in Rio de Janeiro from November 25 - November 28, 2008. We want to provide different channels for young people to share their experiences and knowledge on the issue of sexual exploitation. The earlier Consultation Tool I, which you can still find at this website focuses on getting your inputs into the processes of Children and Adolescents, in other words "How can children and young people participate in the World Congress?"
-Consultation Tool II full survey – 5 question survey (online/download)
-What are some of the ways boys and girls are sexually exploited in your country orregion?
2.How will inputs from young people be used?
-Your inputs are very important and will contribute significantly as we prepare and plan for the Regional meetings in various regions and for the main World Congress III in Brazil in November. Following are some of the examples how we can use this information:
Videos:
-Oneminutejr videoson films on sexual exploitation from Moldova, Macedonia, Belarus, Maldives, Congo and Argentina. Email from Terra/sent by Chris Schuepp
-Queen Ifrica Daddy video on sexual exploitation
Photos:
Samples if needed
Credit must be given to © UNICEF/HQ07-0664/Giacomo Pirozzi
LIBERIA: An 11-year-old girl, who was raped several days ago, sits in the offices of the Women and Children’s Protection Section (WACPS), an arm of the Liberian National Police, in Monrovia, the capital. She reported the rape, and the rapist was arrested. UNICEF is helping WACPS build capacity and training officers in the investigation and management of sexual violence cases. A brochure on the wall urges, ‘Stop Abuse. Report Abuse’. [#2 IN SEQUENCE OF TWO]
Credit must be given to © UNICEF/HQ07-0663/Giacomo Pirozzi
LIBERIA: An 11-year-old girl, who was raped several days ago, stands outside the Women and Children’s Protection Section (WACPS), an arm of the Liberian National Police, in Monrovia, the capital. She reported the rape, and the rapist was arrested. UNICEF is helping WACPS build capacity and train officers in the investigation and management of sexual violence cases. [#1 IN SEQUENCE OF TWO]
Credit must be given to © UNICEF/HQ05-1271/Roger LeMoyne
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Boys take part in a mechanics course at a UNICEF-supported centre for vulnerable youth in the eastern town of Bukavu, capital of SouthKivuProvince. The centre provides vocational training and psychosocial support for adolescents at risk of sexual exploitation and other types of abuse.
Credit must be given to © UNICEF/HQ05-1270/Roger LeMoyne
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: A young woman crochets as part in a sewing course at a UNICEF-supported centre for vulnerable youth in the eastern town of Bukavu, capital of SouthKivuProvince. The centre provides vocational training and psychosocial support for adolescents at risk of sexual exploitation and other types of abuse.
Credit must be given to © UNICEF/HQ05-0891/Shehzad Noorani
HAITI: [RELEASE OBTAINED] A patchwork quilt uses visual imagery to raise awareness about child sexual abuse and HIV/AIDS. It was stitched by POZ members and displayed at the organization’s 10th-anniversary conference on May 17 in Port-au-Prince, the capital. POZ, a local NGO offering psychosocial support for those living with HIV/AIDS, and their families, receives social mobilization support from UNICEF.
Credit must be given to © UNICEF/HQ04-0742/Jim Holmes
LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC: A woman from a minority ethnic group in a remote southern community holds a piece of cloth, the only item belonging to her daughter that she still possesses. Her daughter was 13 years old when she was trafficked more than a year ago, presumably to Thailand. [#9 IN SEQUENCE OF NINE]
Credit must be given to © UNICEF/HQ04-0734/Jim Holmes
LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC: A woman covers her daughter’s face to protect her identity, at home in the southern province of Savannakhet. The province lies along the MekongRiver, on the border with neighbouring Thailand. The daughter spent seven years working as a domestic servant for a wealthy business man in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, where she was beaten and tortured. She was 16 years old when she was trafficked. [#1 IN SEQUENCE OF NINE]
The following is available on the ECPAT site (talk to them about including the questionnaire/survey on stopX)
Questionnaire/survey – available for online completion and download
A few questions from the q/s depending on age of children filling out????
2. How well do the schools, governments, the private sector and NGOs work together? Can you identify any gaps in services in your country, region or community or recommend any ways in which they can coordinate with one another more effectively??????? Country specific
3. Give some examples of good practices in your country or region where schools, governments, the private sector and NGOs are doing a good job working against Sexual exploitation of children in your community?????????? Specific
4. What groups should do more or work together more? Please explain and give examples.
5. Do these groups listen and actively involve young people enough in your country or region? How can these groups involve actively involve children in the process? Please give examples.
IV- Thematic Issue: The role of business, banks and private corporations
Lead questions like these:
2. What do think are the important parts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in your community?Check as many as apply.
Private companies giving donations to fight against sexual exploitation.
Companies working with the government to create policies against sexual exploitation of children.
Implementing a code of conduct against sexual exploitation of children in the workplace.
Creating a safe environment for employees and the children in the community which they do business in.
Implementing awareness raising initiatives and campaigns in the community they do business in and on the international stage.
3. Do the businesses or industries in your country or region have a prevention programme against sexual exploitation of children? Please give details on how youth participated, and what were some of the outcomes and lessons learned.
4. What creative ideas can be recommended for getting more companies to become actively involved in protecting children from sexual exploitation?
5. In terms of child sex tourism, what should be done to empower the tourist and make it easier for them to demand that companies to be more accountable?
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Get a list of these national organizations to include on the portal:
- Women and Children’s Protection Section (WACPS), an arm of the Liberian National Police, in Monrovia, Liberia. UNICEF is helping WACPS build capacity and training officers in the investigation and management of sexual violence cases.
- Haiti, POZ, a local NGO offering psychosocial support for those living with HIV/AIDS, and their families, receives social mobilization support from UNICEF.
- DRC, UNICEF-supported centre for vulnerable youth in the eastern town of Bukavu, capital of SouthKivuProvince. The centre provides vocational training and psychosocial support for adolescents (girls/boys) at risk of sexual exploitation and other types of abuse.