World Congress III Against Sexual Exploitation of Children
and Adolescents

The government of Brazil has announced its sponsorship of the World Congress.
It will take place in Rio de Janeiro in November and is being organized by the governments of Brazil, Sweden and Japan and by ECPAT, UNICEF and the NGO Group on the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This event will bring together world leaders to discuss ways of ending the sexual exploitation of young people around the world. The U.S. government and U.S. NGOs attended both of the preceding World Congress. For more information: http://www.ecpat.net/World_Congress/
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ECPAT-USA Youth Committee conducts outreach in Union Square in New York with a mural they designed and painted to raise awareness about trafficking and sex tourism

The ECPAT-USA Youth Committee came into existence in the Spring of 2007 with the creation of a youth-led Educational Outreach Project. The Committee of New York City youth, ages 15 to 18, held an event in New York City’s Union Square in May displaying a mural about child sexual exploitation designed and painted by them to fight child trafficking and raise awareness. They answered questions about the mural and asked passers-by to sign a petition in the form of postcards addressed to the CEOs of US hotel chains asking them to sign the Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism.

The Youth Committee is continuing its efforts this semester. Discussions are underway about holding developing a video about children’s rights and planning for youth participation at the Third World Congress to be held in Brazil in 2008.
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Outreach:  The ECPAT-USA Youth Committee is currently completing another mural and will soon be conducting outreach in New York City parks.  Click here for a picture of the latest work.

Survey: The ECPAT-USA Youth Committee designed and carried out a survey to measure what young people in New York City know about their rights to be protected from sexual exploitation. The results of the survey were presented to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Click here to read the results
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Children’s Rights are Human Rights

The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child recently issued recommendations to the U.S. government about how it can better work to protect children’s right to grow up free from sexual exploitation. Click here to read more.
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ECPAT-USA Reports

ECPAT-USA publishes reports and studies about the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Click here for the list
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