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Child Trafficking and Child Exploitation
Child trafficking is where children and young people are lied to or forced into being moved for the purpose of exploitation (often for money) within or between countries.
The Committee said the Government must:
102 Collect information on the sexual exploitation and abuse of children, and use this to develop plans to stop this happening.
103 Make sure that laws and policies always treat children who have been sexually exploited and abused as victims of crime and not as criminals. This includes child prostitutes.
104 Ratify (agree to follow) the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse.
The Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse aims to prevent sexual abuse of children, to punish those people who abuse children and support children who have been abused.
105 Provide enough money to put the UK Action Plan on Tackling Human Trafficking properly into practice.
The UK Action Plan on Tackling Human Trafficking brings together the work that is already being done to tackle trafficking and sets out a future plan of action.
106 Ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.
The purpose of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings is to help stop trafficking of people by encouraging countries to work together and to identify and protect people who have been trafficked.
107 Make sure that child protection rules for trafficked children meet international standards.
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