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ASEAN MPs adopt a resolution on Eliminating All Forms of Violence and Exploitation of Children
At the 40th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) the Social Committee on Social Matters agreed that sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism is an alarming issue in the region. The General Assembly of AIPA adopted a resolution on Eliminating All Forms of Violence and Exploitation of Children. This took into […]
UNWTO adopts Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics
On 11th September, during the 23rd UNWTO General Assembly in St Petersburg, the UNWTO adopted the international Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics. This is a big step forward as UNWTO works to make the global tourism sector more ethical. The Convention on Tourism Ethics constitutes a binding instrument of great significance at a time when […]
Department of Tourism in the Philippines commits to keeping children safe
The Department of Tourism (DOT) presented the Tourism Integrates, Support and Minds Women’s Respect and Child Safety programme and signed the covenant with representatives from various agencies involved in the cause. Through the TourISM WoRCS program, a series of trainings and seminars that promote sustainable tourism practices will be mounted to ensure that the rights […]
Cambodia takes action to protect children in travel and tourism
The National Committee for Counter-Trafficking (NCCT) called upon all relevant institutions and development partners to join efforts to eliminate child sexual exploitation, a cause of global concern, including in Cambodia. The NCCT has identified the capital, Kampot, Siem Reap and Preah Sihanouk provinces as locations where children are particularly vulnerable. Read more here. Cambodia can […]
Transnational Organized Crime in Southeast Asia: Evolution, Growth and Impact
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released a study of organized crime in Southeast Asia. It confirms that economic disparities within the region have created both a demand for and supply of cheap labour, driving growth in human trafficking. The report found that the trafficking of women and girls for sexual […]
Keeping the Promise: Ending Violence Against Children by 2030
The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence Against Children has published their thematic report on Ending Violence Against Children by 2030. The report stresses that the 2030 Agenda treats violence against children as a cross-cutting concern and includes a distinct Sustainable Development Goal target 16.2, which calls for the elimination […]
FIFA launches child safeguarding programme and toolkit – FIFA Guardians
FIFA established guiding principles and minimum requirements to ensure child protection as part of its overall vision to safeguard children. FIFA toolkit aims to support the implementation of the FIFA Forward 2.0 Development Programme which obliges its 211 member associations (MAs) to take measures to protect and safeguard children from potential abuses and to protect […]
2019 Trafficking in Persons Report addresses the role of governments to end the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism
The recently published 2019 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report calls upon all governments to acknowledge human trafficking not only across borders but within borders of a country. It stresses that “governments may find it easier to blame sex trafficking on those who come to their countries to engage in foreign sex tourism than to address […]
ASEAN MPs endorse landmark legal framework to protect the region’s children from travelling child sex offenders
Parliamentarians from ASEAN Member States have agreed to take steps to tackle the growing problem of child sexual exploitation in the context of travel and tourism. Meeting in Malaysia this week as part of the 10th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Caucus, lawmakers agreed to a 24-point “check-list,” which will guide future legal interventions to protect […]
The 49th Asia Region Law Enforcement Management Program (ARLEMP) opened with a focus on measures to prevent transnational child sexual exploitation
ARLEMP Program is a partnership between the Australian Federal Police, the Vietnam Ministry of Public Security and RMIT University. It is a training program sponsored by the Australian Federal Police with the aim of enhancing regional law enforcement forces’ capacity to address non-traditional security threats and transnational crimes. ARLEMP 49 opened on 11th June in […]