ECPAT
ECPAT ( End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography & Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes ) is an international network with headquarters in Bangkok and branches in many countries, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
ECPAT Germany
ECPAT Germany e. V. - Working group for the protection of children from sexual exploitation - is a nationwide association of 29 institutions and groups. The work of the association (based in Freiburg im Breisgau ) and its member organizations are guided by the principle that every child has the right to comprehensive protection from all forms of commercial exploitation and sexual abuse . ECPAT Germany is committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is observed, causes of disregard are identified and violations are prosecuted with all available means. The abbreviation ECPAT stands for End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (English: End child prostitution, child pornography and child trafficking for sexual purposes). The working group is a member of the European NGO Alliance for Child Safety Online as well as ECPAT International, an international children's rights organization in almost 80 countries with headquarters in Bangkok .
ECPAT Germany is involved in various areas of work (politics, justice, business and education) and, in cooperation with governmental and non-governmental organizations, carries out campaigns and projects to raise public awareness, develop preventive measures and create a legal basis for the protection of children. In close cooperation with the tourism industry, the " Code of Conduct for the Travel Industry" is implemented, which is supposed to protect children from sexual exploitation in tourism (especially in the form of child prostitution ).
In addition, ECPAT Germany supports the full political implementation of the action plan that was adopted in Stockholm in 1996 at the 1st World Congress against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in 122 countries. This action plan describes extensive strategies and measures to protect children from commercial sexual exploitation on a regional and international level. It calls on all states to improve access to health care, education, training and support for children and families at risk, to maximize education about children's rights and to pass or strengthen laws protecting against sexual exploitation. To this end, the signatory states are specifically called upon to develop specific national work programs. In September 2011, the federal government passed a national action plan.
In addition to promoting and monitoring compliance with children's rights within the meaning of the UN Convention, ECPAT Germany is involved in lobbying and advocacy work as well as in the topic of development measures to protect minors from sexual exploitation and their rehabilitation. These goals are primarily pursued by raising the awareness of the specialist public, promoting educational and public relations work, international development cooperation and international understanding.
ECPAT Austria
ECPAT Austria was founded in November 2003 as a specialist body that campaigns against all forms of commercial sexual exploitation of children. The working group is a nationwide platform of twelve non-governmental organizations that are active in the areas of children's rights and development cooperation. ECPAT Austria sees itself as a specialist body and contact person for combating the sexual exploitation of children in Austria. ECPAT Austria has been a non-profit organization since December 2006. ECPAT Austria is part of the international network ECPAT International consisting of 98 organizations in 88 countries worldwide. In cooperation with government agencies and the private sector (e.g. the tourism industry), the ECPAT network works to protect children from sexual exploitation and to protect their rights.
ECPAT International is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.
Tasks and goals: By lobbying at government agencies or in the private sector, ECPAT demands that the responsible parties fulfill their duties. The public should also be made aware of the problem in order to fight against the silent acceptance of these crimes.
Working method: ECPAT Austria is involved in various areas of work (politics, justice, economy and education) and, in cooperation with governmental and non-governmental organizations, runs campaigns and projects to raise public awareness, develop preventive measures and create legal foundations to protect the Children through.
In 2011, ECPAT Austria was awarded the special prize as part of the Athene Prize, which is jointly organized by ÖRV and traveler. The award was given for training measures in the context of the EU project "Beware of perpetrators". Reason: An exceptional topic that meets the CSR claim.
ECPAT Switzerland
ECPAT Switzerland is affiliated as a specialist unit to the Swiss Child Protection Foundation .
Web links
- ECPAT International
- Country organizations: ECPAT Germany e. V. , ECPAT Switzerland , ECPAT Austria
- E-learning "Protection of children against sexual exploitation in tourism"
Individual evidence
- ^ A global network working to end the sexual exploitation of children. In: ECPAT. Retrieved January 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Child Protection Code
- ↑ Home - ecpat.at. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.kinderschutz.ch/de/ecpat.html
Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 30.8 ″ N , 7 ° 49 ′ 31.5 ″ E