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Guidelines on the Protection of Child Victims of Trafficking

Document number
1117
Date
2006
Title
Guidelines on the Protection of Child Victims of Trafficking
Author/publisher
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Guidelines/Recommendations, Training Material/Resources,
Keywords
South Eastern Europe, Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings, OSCE Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings. West Africa, ILO, UNODC, IOM, Plan, Save the Children, ENDA, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Identification (of Victims), 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, Freedom from Detention, Interim Care, Health, Education, Training, Integration, Adoption, Return, Remaining in a Host Country/Country of Asylum, Child protection systems, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Reflection period, Residency permit, Identification, Social assistance, Victim protection, Advocacy, Civil society, NGO, Human Rights approach,
Summary
The following guidelines set out standards for good practice with respect to protection of and assistance to trafficked children. These guidelines are based on international human rights instruments and look at the protection of trafficked children from their identification up to their recovery and integration. They shall be used together with other guidelines and tools focussing on prevention. These guidelines are the result of an extensive process started and developed at the local and regional levels by UNICEF and its partners.
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