Almost two years after the World Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, it is time to review progress on action taken to improve child protection from sexual exploitation. The meeting will highlight initiatives that have been taken to impact on prevention and to address violations that jeopardize the right of the child to protection from sexual exploitation. A key aim of the event is to identify measures for accelerating progress.

Guest speakers

  • Ms Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence against Children
  • Carmen Silveira Oliveira, National Secretary for the Promotion of the Rights of the Child, Government of Brazil
  • Jaap Doek, Child Rights Expert and former Chair, Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
  • Susan Bissell, UNICEF Chief, Child Protection
  • Maureen Crombie, Chairperson, ECPAT International;
  • Global Youth Partnership Project and Mekong Children Forum representatives 
 

Update: Summary report of the meeting

 

Reports and presentations from the meeting

ECPAT:

Highlights of progress on World Congress III recommendations

1) Monitoring and reporting systems

2) Child trafficking for sexual exploitation

3) Sexual exploitation of children and adolescents in prostitution

4) Sexual exploitation of children and adolescents in prostitution in travel and tourism: Corporate social responsibility

5) ) Sexual exploitation of children and adolescents in prostitution in travel and tourism: Legal framework

6) Sexual exploitation of children and adolescents: Child abuse imagery/Child pornography

Presentations from the meeting

UNICEF

Follow up to world congress III against sexual exploitation of children and adolescents

Government of Brazil

Seguimento do III Congresso Mundial de Enfrentamento da Exploração Sexual

NGO Group for the CRC report:

The Status of the Rio de Janeiro Declaration and Call for Action to Prevent and Stop Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in State reports and Concluding Observations made by the Committee under the OPSC

Professor Jaap Doek's Presentation

The Third Optional Protocol to the CRC to Provide a Communications Procedure

 

Other useful links and resources:

Agenda of the meeting

World Congress III

World Congress III website

World Congress III Rio Declaration and Plan for Action

Report of the World Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children & Adolescents

 

Global Youth Partnership YPP website:
www.ecpat.net/EI/Programmes_CYP.asp

ECPAT Network contributions to discussion:
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