Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention. Concluding Observations: Finland
- Document number
- 1103
- Date
- 2005
- Title
- Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention. Concluding Observations: Finland
- Author/publisher
- Committee on the Rights of the Child (Fortieth Session), United Nations (UN)
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
- Keywords
- Protection, Victims of trafficking, Trafficked persons, Sex tourism, Pornography, Sexual exploitation, Palermo protocol; Child trafficking; Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Family reunification, Guardian, Family Tracing, Age Assessment, Child protection systems, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC),
- Summary
- EXTRACT: 52. While welcoming the recent amendments to the Penal Code introducing the crime of trafficking into Finnish legislation, as well as the National Plan of Action Combating the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children of 2000 and the National Plan of Action against Trafficking in Human Beings of 2005, the Committee is concerned at the information that persons, including children, continue to be trafficked to and through the country. 53. In light of article 34 and other related articles of the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party further strengthen its efforts to identify, prevent and combat trafficking in children for sexual and other exploitative purposes. Furthermore the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Consider becoming a party to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children supplementing the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime; (b) Consider becoming a party to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
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