Investigating Exploitation: Research into Trafficking in Children in the Netherlands
- Document number
- 1645
- Date
- 2005
- Title
- Investigating Exploitation: Research into Trafficking in Children in the Netherlands
- Author/publisher
- ECPAT Netherlands
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Sexual exploitation, Human trafficking, Corporate social responsibility, Multi-stakeholder partnerships: Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems, Family reunification, Guardian, Family Tracing, Age Assessment, Freedom from Detention, Interim Care, Integration, Adoption, Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography,
- Summary
- The three main objectives of this research are: 1. Gain more information about the trafficking of children in the Netherlands: who the victims are, who is at risk, and where and how the exploitation takes place. 2. Establish whether the current measures designed to protect minors against trafficking are considered to be effective by various stakeholders. 3. Find out whether additional or alternative measures, including preventative measures, are needed in order to effectively protect children from trafficking. In what follows, the authors make no attempt to estimate the number of children who are exploited in the Netherlands. Rather, they try to identify which children are vulnerable, the identity of the victims, how children end up being exploited, and in which ways. Chapter 3, sets out the legal framework on trafficking in human beings in general, and the exploitation of children in particular. The lack of clarity of definitions of exploitation within statutory provisions is addressed in detail. Chapter 4 discusses the results from the database and other sources of data, both with regard to prostitution and to other forms of exploitation. Following an analysis of the various problems encountered when attempting to combat child trafficking, chapter 5 outlines recommendations for stakeholders on how to give better and more effective protection to minors in practice. The report ends with a general conclusion.
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