SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN GLOBALLY PREVENTING THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN

BRIEF PROJECT HISTORY: Since February 2011, the IBCR has been the Canadian representative of The Code, a multi-stakeholder initiative whose mission is to promote awareness and provide tools and support to the travel and tourism industry in order to prevent the sexual exploitation of children within the context of travel and tourism. Through the IBCR, key industry players can subscribe to The Code and become leaders in corporate social responsibility and the fight against child sex tourism. The IBCR also promoted The Code within the framework of its child sex tourism prevention programme in Costa Rica, integrating The Code’s key messages into its awareness raising campaigns in Canada and Costa Rica.

GOALS: Over the past two years, the IBCR has increased its participation in strategic forums, in addition to taking part in multilateral actions aimed at improving the fight against all forms of sexual exploitation of children for commercial purposes

PARTNERS: ECPAT International, local partners

ACHIEVEMENTS:

The IBCR continues to support the reorganisation of the Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism .

The IBCR produced a chapter published in the Global Study on the Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism, which launched worldwide on May 12, 2016 The article addresses the challenges in applying laws aimed at protecting children from sexual exploitation in the travel and tourism industry, and explores ways to overcome these challenges in order to improve the protection of children

The IBCR participated in a meeting of international experts in the protection of children against sexual exploitation in the travel and tourism industry held in Paris at Maison de l’Europe The event brought together experts from international civil society and representatives from the security, justice, private and university sectors It was an opportunity to share information on the forms of child sexual exploitation that are currently on the rise and to find innovative solutions to counter these trends

The IBCR supported the production of an international terminology guide on sexual exploitation and abuse of children The IBCR worked in collaboration with an interinstitutional task force, made up of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence against Children, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, ECPAT International and 12 other international organisations and agencies actively working for the rights of children The new Terminology Guide will be available in English, French and Spanish as of June 2016