UNICEF perspectives on Prevention of Child Trafficking and Protection of Child Victims of Trafficking

The Convention on the Rights of the Child provides the necessary standards for the protection of all children under 18 against trafficking (prevention of trafficking) and for special protection measures for those children who end up being trafficked. Special protection measures for child victims are necessary because of the age of the victim and the severity of the human rights violation that the child has suffered – a child victim of trafficking should be treated as a child and as a victim.