Statement on Child Protection, especially among Migrant, Undocumented, Unaccompanied, Separated and Asylum Seeking Children, to enhance prevention of child trafficking
- Document number
- 2519
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- Statement on Child Protection, especially among Migrant, Undocumented, Unaccompanied, Separated and Asylum Seeking Children, to enhance prevention of child trafficking
- Author/publisher
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Alliance Expert Coordination Team
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
- Keywords
- Corporate social responsibility, Multi-stakeholder partnerships: Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, 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,
- Summary
- Evidence shows that children are trafficked into and within the OSCE region, between countries and within countries in the region for a variety of exploitative purposes, including sexual and labour exploitation, forced begging and petty crimes. However, responses at the national and local level fail to effectively prevent all forms of child trafficking, to identify and protect child victims. Research in the OSCE region also indicates that in many countries comprehensive child protection systems are not yet in place or are ineffective due to an overall lack of care/services for children corresponding to their age, gender, ethnicity and maturity. Therefore child protection systems should be enhanced to strengthen the protective environment around each child.
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