This document discusses the issue of international human child trafficking that will be addressed by the 3rd committee. It provides background information on child trafficking, defining it as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring and receipt of children for purposes of slavery, forced labor and exploitation. An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked worldwide at any given time, with 300,000 being sold into slavery internationally. Reports show child sex trafficking victims are often sold online. Most trafficked children are sold by family or due to being easier to exploit. Once trafficked, children usually remain so for life. Position papers on a country's stance are requested addressing its history with and current approach to this issue.
This document discusses the issue of international human child trafficking that will be addressed by the 3rd committee. It provides background information on child trafficking, defining it as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring and receipt of children for purposes of slavery, forced labor and exploitation. An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked worldwide at any given time, with 300,000 being sold into slavery internationally. Reports show child sex trafficking victims are often sold online. Most trafficked children are sold by family or due to being easier to exploit. Once trafficked, children usually remain so for life. Position papers on a country's stance are requested addressing its history with and current approach to this issue.
This document discusses the issue of international human child trafficking that will be addressed by the 3rd committee. It provides background information on child trafficking, defining it as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring and receipt of children for purposes of slavery, forced labor and exploitation. An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked worldwide at any given time, with 300,000 being sold into slavery internationally. Reports show child sex trafficking victims are often sold online. Most trafficked children are sold by family or due to being easier to exploit. Once trafficked, children usually remain so for life. Position papers on a country's stance are requested addressing its history with and current approach to this issue.
This document discusses the issue of international human child trafficking that will be addressed by the 3rd committee. It provides background information on child trafficking, defining it as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring and receipt of children for purposes of slavery, forced labor and exploitation. An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked worldwide at any given time, with 300,000 being sold into slavery internationally. Reports show child sex trafficking victims are often sold online. Most trafficked children are sold by family or due to being easier to exploit. Once trafficked, children usually remain so for life. Position papers on a country's stance are requested addressing its history with and current approach to this issue.
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Research Paper
Forum: 3rd committee – Social, Humanitarian and Cultural
Issue: Taking measures against international human child trafficking
Chair: Laura Lind-Holm
Co-chair: Polina Jerosevska
Description of Issue: Trafficking of children is a form of human trafficking and is defined as the "recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring, and/or receipt" of a child for the purpose of slavery, forced labour and exploitation. This is a significant problem taking place in most parts of the world. Children are bought and sold to do manual labour or work in illegal sex-industries, where they receive little to no payment. Changes should be made to combat these traffickings, as this is a cross-boarder issue affecting most countries.
Background Information The International Labour Office in Geneva estimates that 1.2 million children are at any given moment affected by child trafficking, about 300.000 of these are taken from all over the world and sold as slaves. In 2012 it was estimated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime that the percentage of child victims in trafficking had risen from 20% to 27% over a 3-year span. Reports have been made by anti-trafficking organisation Thorn1, showing that sites like “Craigslist” are often used as a means of conducting business, these reports also showed that 70% of child sex trafficking victims was at one point sold online.
A high percentage of people being trafficked are children, this is either due to parents selling them in hopes of giving them a better life, or because there is higher profit in children as they are easier to intimidate, and influence and they can be “used” for longer. It is important to note, once a child or person is trafficked, they will most likely continue being trafficked for the rest of their life.
1 https://www.thorn.org Key Terms: Child: a person under the age of 18
Trafficking: recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt, whether by force or not, of persons, by third person or group.
Useful sources: Protocol by UN – Prevention of Human trafficking
International Labour Office - "Child Trafficking – Essentials"
Anti-trafficking organization - Thorn
Expectations for Position Papers
To write a position paper it is needed that the delegate researches what their countries opinion on this issue is. A position paper should include if possible: a brief résumé of the country’s history regarding the issue current state of the country regarding the issue any future plans from the government right now any statistics found regarding the issue UN treaties or actions that the country supported or opposed For this issue please consider following questions: what is your country’s opinion on this issue? what has your country done regarding this issue? is your country for or against the issue? In this particular case, it is very important that you consider the following: What is your county’s role in trafficking of children – does recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt take place? Debate your county’s opinion on measures taken against trafficking of children.
