Key Resources related to the Expert Consultation in Preparation for the World Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents

International Standards
United Nations: Convention on the Rights of the Child. General Assembly resolution 44/25. 20 November 1989.
United Nations: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict. General Assembly resolution A/RES/54/263. 25 May 2000.
United Nations: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. General Assembly resolution A/RES/54/263. 25 May 2000.
United Nations: Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. General Assembly resolution A/RES/55/25. 8 January 2001.
International Labour Organization: Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention. No. 182. 1999.

Regional Standards
Council of Europe: Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. Warsaw, 16 May 2005.
Council of Europe: Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse. Lanzarote, 25 October 2007.
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation: Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution.
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation: Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia.

International Guidelines and Recommendations
United Nations: Guidelines on Justice Matters involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime. Economic and Social Council Resolution 2005/20. 22 July 2005. Multiple languages, including child friendly versions
United Nations Children’s Fund: Guidelines on the Protection of Child Victims of Trafficking. Provisional Version. September 2006.
United Nations Economic and Social Council: Combating Child Trafficking. Handbook for Parliamentarians No. 9. 2005.


World Congresses against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
The Stockholm Declaration and Agenda for Action. Adopted at: First World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Stockholm, Sweden, 27-31 August 1996.
The Yokohama Global Commitment 2001. Adopted at: Second World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Yokohama, Japan, 17-20 December 2001.

UNICEF IRC Studies and Reports on Child Trafficking
Child Trafficking in Europe: A Broad Vision to Put Children First (forthcoming). 2008.
Child trafficking in West Africa: Policy Responses. 2002
Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation and other Exploitative Purposes. 2005.
Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and Children, in Africa. 2005.