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27 July 2018

Children make up almost one-third of all human trafficking victims worldwide

Every country in the world is affected by human trafficking. Children make up almost a third of all human trafficking victims worldwide. Refugee, migrant and displaced children are especially vulnerable to trafficking. Whether they are escaping war and violence or in search of opportunities, many children lack pathways to move regularly and safely. >> Read the press release:  Children account for nearly one-third of identified trafficking v...
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Press release
30 July 2022

Reclaiming digital spaces to counter human trafficking and protect its victims

NEW YORK, 30 July 2022 – Migrants make up a considerable proportion of the detected victims of trafficking in persons around the world, accounting for 65% of victims identified in Western and Southern Europe, 60% in the Middle East, 55% in East Asia and the Pacific, 50% in Central and South-Eastern Europe, and 25% in North America.  In recent times, the internet has increasingly been used to advertise false jobs, recruit and exploit these victims...
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Appeal
13 December 2023

Syrian crisis

Children in Syria are facing one of the most complex emergencies in the world. More than 7 million children in Syria require humanitarian assistance, while more than 6 million children are in urgent need of protection services as insecurity and economic hardship deepen child rights violations, fear and distress. H...
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16 April 2019

The United Nations and human rights

From the rights of women and children, to persons with disabilities and minorities and indigenous peoples, the creation of a body of international human rights law is one of the United Nations’ great achievements.  Together, these treaties and declarations have helped create a ‘culture of human rights’ throughout ...
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Explainer
27 June 2024

What is child labour?

Overview | FAQs | Data | What we do Economic hardship exacts a toll on millions of families worldwide – and in some places, it comes at the price of a child’s protection. Roughly 160 million children were subjected to child labour at the beginning of 2020. This accounts for nearly 1 in 10 children worldwide. Almos...
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Report
11 August 2017

Harrowing Journeys

This joint report from UNICEF and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) explores in detail survey data from the Central and Eastern Mediterranean Sea routes to Europe, focusing on adolescents and youth on the move from Africa and Asia. The analysis reveals staggering rates of trafficking and exploitat...
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Document
13 November 2020

Realizing Rights, Changing Lives: The impact of the United Nations human rights system on the enjoyment of children’s rights

The six country case studies presented in this groundbreaking new report by UNICEF and the Universal Rights Group, show that the UN human rights mechanisms, complemented by the wider UN system, have had and continue to have a clear and measurable impact on the realization of child rights.
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Press release
19 March 2022

Children fleeing war in Ukraine at heightened risk of trafficking and exploitation

Download UNICEF child protection  guidance  on trafficking prevention GENEVA / NEW YORK, 19 March 2022– Children fleeing war in Ukraine are at heightened risk of human trafficking and exploitation, UNICEF warned today. Traffickers often seek to exploit the chaos of largescale population movements, and with more th...
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29 August 2022

Using the human rights framework to promote the rights of children with Disabilities: Discussion Paper

The Convention on the Rights of the Person with Disabilities was the first human rights convention of the 21st Century. Drafted 17 years after the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and 27 years after the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against women, it brings a more progressive interpretation of principles and approaches to human rights and adds to the overall human rights discourse and understanding, not only in the field of di...
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Press release
12 September 2017

Up to three quarters of children and youth face abuse, exploitation and trafficking on Mediterranean migration routes – UNICEF, IOM

NEW YORK/BRUSSELS, 12 September 2017 – Migrant and refugee children and youth trying to reach Europe face appalling levels of human rights abuses, with 77 per cent of those traveling along the Central Mediterranean route reporting direct experiences of abuse, exploitation, and practices which may amount to human trafficking – UNICEF and IOM, the UN Migration Agency, said today in a new report . Harrowing Journeys shows that while all migrants and...
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Document
29 September 2020

Migratory Regularization as an Essential Condition for the Comprehensive Protection of the Rights of Children in the Context of Human Mobility

This technical note from the Latin America Caribbean Regional Office aims to promote the adoption of measures to regulate and promote access to regular residence for children and adolescents and/or their parents or legal representatives as a mechanism for the protection of the rights of children and adolescents.
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Report
27 May 2022

Charting the course

Ten years after the publication of the Children’s Rights and Business Principles (CRBPs), UNICEF, Save the Children and the UN Global Compact have released a report (October 2022) and a Brief (June 2022) reviewing progress and looking ahead on embedding children's rights in responsible and sustainable business con...
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