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Initiatives to tackle Child Trafficking

Ending trafficking will require international, regional and national cooperation. Cooperation among countries of origin, of transit and of destination is fundamental to stop human trafficking. Nations must hold all perpetrators accountable whether recruiters, intermediaries or users of exploited children. Internal trafficking must be taken no less seriously than global trafficking.
Existing conventions and laws need to be implemented and new ones to be passed to tackle effectively child trafficking. Operational mechanisms with human and technical resources available are necessary to implement and monitor the acts. Parliamentarians are key players in bridging political, governmental and civil concerns, and in mobilizing many partners for a common cause.
Protection of and assistance to victims are paramount in any anti-trafficking strategy as it is important to prevent victims from being exposed to further exploitation and sometimes criminal prosecution.
Root causes - poverty, discrimination, exclusion and violence - need to be addressed along with the demand side.

In more specific terms, the key elements to tackle Child Trafficking are:

Through specific steps to advance public policy, awareness and response, it is possible to tackle the scourge of child trafficking, to hold perpetrators of crimes of trafficking of children accountable, and to build a protective environment for children but a strong action is necessary.