WUNRN
CHILD TRAFFICKING IN SOUTHEAST
ASIA - Please see 3 parts of this WUNRN Release, posted for the human
rights, health, safety, & dignity of THE GIRL CHILD.
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Direct Link to Full 88-Page 2009
Document:
ASPIRATIONS & EXPLORATIONS: GOOD
PRACTICES OF THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHILD TRAFFICKING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA - Asia Against Child Trafficking (Asia ACTs), a network of
more than 125 NGOs from 7 Southeast Asian countries campaigned together to
protect children from trafficking.
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ASEAN
- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations - Indonesia, Malaysia,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Viet Nam, Lao PDR,
Myanmar, and Cambodia.
ASEAN Declaration Against
Trafficking in Persons Particularly Women and Children |
WE, the Heads of
States/Governments of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the
Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the
Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore,
the Kingdom of Thailand, the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, members of the
Association of the Southeast Asian Nations, hereinafter referred to as ASEAN, REAFFIRMING the Ha Noi
Declaration of 1998 and the Ha Noi Plan of Action, which, among
others, committed to intensify individual and collective efforts to
address transnational crimes, including the trafficking in persons; EXPRESSING the urgent need for
a comprehensive regional approach to prevent and to combat
trafficking in persons, particularly women and children;
ACKNOWLEDGING that social,
economic and other factors that cause people to migrate also make them
vulnerable to trafficking in persons; RECOGNIZING that the
immorality and inhumanity of this common concern elicits the need
to strengthen legislative, law enforcement and judicial responses to ensure
deterrent action is taken against persons involved in individual or syndicated
activities of trafficking in persons, particularly women and children; APPRECIATING that a successful
campaign against the scourge of trafficking in persons, particularly women
and children, requires continuing dialogue, exchange of information and
cooperation among ASEAN; REAFFIRMING ASEAN’s unwavering desire to embrace the spirit behind the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its relevant protocols
as it reflects the commitment of the Member States of the United Nations to
prevent and combat transnational organized crime; REAFFIRMING through
this Declaration a commitment to human
development and security, and the improvement of the quality of life
of the peoples of ASEAN; HEREBY DECLARE, to the extent
permitted by their respective domestic laws and policies, to undertake
concerted efforts to effectively address an emerging regional problem, namely
the trafficking in persons, particularly women and children, through the
following measures: 1. To establish
a regional focal network to prevent and combat trafficking in
persons, particularly women and children, in the ASEAN region;
2. To adopt measures to protect the
integrity of their respective passports, official travel documents, identity and other official travel documents from fraud; 3. To undertake regular exchange of
views, information sharing on relevant migratory flows, trends and pattern,
strengthening of border controls and monitoring mechanisms, and the enactment
of applicable and necessary legislations; 4. To intensify
cooperation among our respective
immigration and other laws enforcement authorities; 5. To distinguish victims of trafficking
in persons from the perpetrators, and identify the countries of
origin and nationalities of such victims and thereafter ensure that such
victims are treated humanely and provided with such essential medical and
other forms of assistance deemed appropriate by the respective receiving/
recipient country,
including prompt repatriation to their respective countries of origin; 6.
To undertake actions to respect and safeguard the dignity and human
rights of genuine victims of trafficking in persons; 7.
To undertake coercive actions/measures against
individual and/or syndicate engaged in trafficking in persons and shall offer
one another the widest possible assistance to punish such activities; and 8.
To take measures to strengthen regional and
international cooperation to prevent and combat trafficking in persons. All Member
Countries reaffirm their commitment to accomplish the elements of this
Declaration through maximum efforts by such appropriate instruments as may be
necessary and consistent with their respective national laws and policies. ADOPTED by the Heads of State/Government of ASEAN Member Countries on this
Twenty-ninth Day of November 2004 in
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Direct Link to Full 54-Page 2009 Report: ASIA - MIND THE GAPS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ASEAN LEGAL RESPONSES TO CHILD-SEX TOURISM 7/9/2009 Child Wise Mind the Gaps is the outcome of research into the laws of South East
Asia relating to child-sex tourism. Mind the Gaps examines all ten Member
States of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) – Brunei
Darussalam, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. This research was requested by our
government partners to assist national action and enable regional comparisons
to enhance the legal response to this abhorrent crime. As the first such
comparative report, Mind the Gaps will be useful for a range of stakeholders,
including governments, law enforcers, international agencies, NGOs, and
academics. |