Trafficking in children on the rise: Immediate…

Building up on the annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children to the Human Rights Council; and in line with the concerted effort within the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT)2, as well as the OSRSG-VAC-UNODC Strategy, this High-Level Panel brings together key partners to share concrete views, examples, actions, and lessons learned to pave the way for a robust, strengthened and scaled up responses to prevent and protect all children from trafficking.

14:00 – 14:20

Setting the scene

Welcome by Dr. Najat Maalla M'jid, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children & Moderator of the Panel (5 min) Key Address by Ms. Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Video message) Ms. Sophie Otiende, Champion for victims of human trafficking and survivor (Kenya) (10 min)

14:20 – 14:55

Actions taken and remaining challenges 

Accelerated action on ending child trafficking is possible if we act rapidly and concretely addressing increasing vulnerabilities of children; the risks offline and those increasingly facilitated by technologies and breaking the demand. Hard talk setting … Proposed draft questions: Panellists (3-5 mins each) · Ms. Aleksandra Chołuj, Head of the Department for Combating Human Trafficking, Hate Crimes and Supporting Activities within the EU Internal Security Policy at the Department of Public Order of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Poland · Ms. Laura Arango, Counsellor for Humanitarian Affairs, Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations in Geneva · Ms. Tolulola Olufunmilayo Odugbesan, Director of the Violence Against Person Prohibition (VAPP) Department in Nigeria · Mr. Mark Beavan, Head of Crimes against Children Unit, INTERPOL · Mr. Guillaume Landry, Executive Director of ECPAT · Ms. Charimaya Tamang, Founder and Executive Director of Shakti Samuha (CSO from Nepal) Followed by Q&A (10 mins) – other states invited to intervene

14:55 – 15:00

Closing remarks

Key messages and next steps Dr. Najat Maalla M'jid, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children