Child Exploitation- Justice and Support for

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Child Exploitation- Justice and Support for Children Who is responsible? Bharti Patel CEO, ECPAT UK ECPAT UK Protecting children everywhere Leading Child Rights campaigning, policy and advocacy organisation committed to the protection of children, prevention of child exploitation, prosecution of perpetrators and accountability of public and private actors for the exploitation. Focus areas: Child trafficking, Transnational Child abuse, On-line abuse Our activities are informed and evidenced by our Research & Monitoring programme, interactions with frontline professionals and directly with young victims of trafficking and Exploitation Member of ECPAT International with network of 82 organisation across 75 countries - committed to ensuring rights of children everywhere to be free from the threats of trafficking, exploitation and abuse. holding government and other sectors responsible and accountable for policies and practices to protect children everywhere and respect their rights. Definitions Transnational Child Abuse– a global phenomenon of commercial sexual exploitation of children - the buying and selling of children for prostitution, child sexual abuse and exploitation On-line Abuse - the production, distribution, viewing, live streaming of child abuse images and acts and other forms of pornography involving children. Child trafficking - recruitment, transfer, transportation or receipt for the purposes of exploitation Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Defined as the “sexual abuse by the adult and remuneration in cash or kind to the child or a third person or persons,” Declaration and Agenda for Action against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. A process through which “the child is treated as a sexual object and as a commercial object” A grave violation of children’s rights CSEC is a complex problem that requires very specific interventions and the full attention of the world community. Child Sex Tourism “Sexual exploitation of children by a person or persons who travel from their home district, home geographical region, or home country in order to have sexual contact with children”. Child sex tourists can be domestic travellers or they can be international tourists. Often involves the use of accommodation, transportation and other tourism-related services that facilitate contact with children and enable the perpetrator to remain fairly inconspicuous in the surrounding population and environment Occurs in multiple venues – Brothels – beaches, five star hotels, urban, rural and costal settings Transnational child abuse – Key Destinations How Many Children are Involved? Who are the Offenders? “Situational abusers” - foreign individuals who take advantage of children once they are in a country