The Code would like to highlight the need for child protection as part of responsible and sustainable tourism and present it in the context of “crisis and risk management”. Even in Asian tourism sphere, the current initial thoughts of “crisis and risk management” may invoke precautions to prevent natural disasters that can impact tourism, such as tsunami and floods. However, there is also a real risk for a destination’s or a company’s brand and reputation when it comes to crimes of sexual exploitation of children or other crimes relating to children.
4. Introducing The Code as a Tool for Child Protection & Risk Reduction
The Code of Conduct for the Protection from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism
ITS NOT JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO
ITSALSO
GOOD BUSINESS
5. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN -CSEC
Sexualabusebyapersoninexchangeforcashorinkindgiftsgiventothechild,athirdpersonorpersons; Acrimeagainstchildren; whereachildistreatedasasexualandcommercialobject; Achildisanyoneundertheageof18.
6. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN -CSEC
CSEC
Children in Prostitution
Child Sex Tourism
Child Trafficking
Child Pornography
8. CHILD TRAFFIKING PROCESS
RECRUITMENT
TRANSIT
DESTINATION
False job offers
Stay w/ distant relatives
False marriage offers
Kidnapping
Confiscation of ID
Threat to report to authority
Violence to child or family
Social isolation
Limited freedom or locked up
Debt of money
9. “SURELY THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN IN MY COUNTRY”
EVERY 16 SECONDSA CHILD IS SEXUALLY EXPLOITED
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1: UNICEF estimates that as many as 2 million children are sexually exploited around the world annually
THAILAND:
800,000
BRAZIL
250,000
KENYA
30,000
RUSSIA
30,000
(inMoscow alone)
USA
300,000
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Largest number of children and women trafficked worldwide arein or from Asia (30%).
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All countries are affected-domestic/cross border/ overseas trafficking and originating, transiting or receiving countries
10. Pacific Islands:
Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu Vanuatu
New/Emerging Destinations:
China + Malaysia + Pacific Islands
Established Destinations:
South-East Asia + South Asia
CHILD TRAFFIKING HOT SPOTS IN ASIA
12. SOME CASES
“HetookmetoahotelinSukhumvitRoad. Therewasamanonreceptionandawomaninthelobby.Theysmiledatthegentlemancustomerthenlookeddownatmewithdisgustedface,makingmeknowthatIwastoblame.”
She was 13 at the time.
14. IMPACT ON CHILD VICTIMS
The abuse is traumatic; leading to negative impact on the child’s physical, mental, and emotional health
Problems with health, pregnancy, and psychological trauma
Especially difficult to address is the psycho-social impacts, including behavior:
-Sexualized behavior
-Problem behavior –stealing/lying
-Attachment behavior –trust issues w/ adults
Some children may be recruited to take part in exploitation or go back into exploitation
15. IMPACT ON THE INDUSTRY
Loss of culture & shifting away from historical/cultural tourism
Negative impact on society, family and communities
Loss of culture & shifting away from historical/cultural tourism
Continue the ‘negative’ image destinations as a sex tourism destination
Impedes on sustainable and responsible tourism
Dependency on the wrong type of tourism
19. USE YOUR ‘POWER’ TO…
SAY: child sexual exploitation is not acceptable in tourism
DO: raise awareness and conduct trainings
ACT: report cases to authorities
20. HOW WE CAN HELP
TheCodeisaninternationallyrecognizedinitiativewiththemissiontoprovideawareness,toolsandsupporttothetourismindustrytopreventthesexualexploitationofchildren.Focusonintegratingchildprotectionintotheindustryviaits6criteria.
Industry driven with multi- stakeholder board
Practical child protection for integration
CSR + Responsible Tourism Tool
21. HOW WE CAN HELP
Matthias Leisinger, Chairman
Brenda Schultz
Andreas Museler
ECPAT Intl. Dorothy Rozga, VCFair Trade Tourism Jennifer SeifTravel Education CenterLottaSands
ECPAT Netherlands
Theo Noten
22. HOW WE CAN HELP
INDUSTRY
GOVT.
THE CODE HQ
LCRs
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Created by ECPAT Sweden in 1998 in collaboration with Scandinavian tourism companies;
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The Code is a practical tool for tourism companies; -The Code’s six criteria areofficially called ‘The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism.’
23. THE CODE OF CONDUCT –The SIX criteria
1.
Toestablishapolicyandproceduresagainstsexualexploitationofchildren;
2.
Totrainemployeesinchildren’srights,thepreventionofsexualexploitationandhowtoreportsuspectedcases;
3.
Toincludeaclauseincontractsthroughoutthevaluechainstatingacommonrepudiationandzerotolerancepolicyofsexualexploitationofchildren;
24. THE CODE OF CONDUCT
4.
Toprovideinformationtotravelersonchildren’srights,thepreventionofsexualexploitationofchildrenandhowtoreportsuspectedcases;
5.
Tosupport,collaborateandengagestakeholdersinthepreventionofsexualexploitationofchildren;
6.
ToreportannuallyontheirimplementationofCoderelatedactivities.