Prague

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• INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF
  MISSING, ABDUCTED AND SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN
• Jacques Debulpaep
• Chief Executive Officer
• Child Focus

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CHILD FOCUS (1)Background (1)
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CHILD FOCUS (2)Background (2)
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CHILD FOCUS (3)Missions (1)

• Child Focus intervenes in all cases of
  disappearance, (parental) abductions and sexual
  exploitation or abuse of children, including
  missing persons between 18 and 25 years, and this
  in all stages prevention, search and location,
  analyses.
• Child Focus contributes to the prevention and the
  actual fight against all forms of child
  trafficking, paedophilia and child pornography.
• Child Focus is active on the Belgian territory.
• Child Focus collaborates with federal authorities
  in Belgium (justice, law enforcement, foreign
  affairs) on the base of official agreements.

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CHILD FOCUS (4)Missions (2)

• Child Focus organises the necessary guidance of
  the victims (parents, children, youngsters) from
  the beginning to the end of the case and works
  therefore closely together with the existing
  institutions in charge of victim-support.
• Child Focus establishes a fund for the financial
  assistance of parent-victims.
• Child Focus establishes a European/International
  network regrouping institutions with similar
  goals and/or actively contributes to similar
  initiatives (cf. European Federation and ICMEC).
• Child Focus plays a key-role in the creation of
  similar national centres abroad (Europe).

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CHILD FOCUS (5)Key Figures
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International Cooperation (1)

• An absolute necessity
• Missing children
• Family non-family abductions
• Sexual exploitation (childpornography - chatrooms
  - sex-tourism - trafficking)

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International Cooperation (2)

• Official bodies
• Interpol - speed (yellow notices)
• - languages (English, French, Spanish,
  Arabic)
• - voluntary basis
• Europol - limits and hopes
• Crossboarder cooperation - speed

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International Cooperation (3)

• Private initiatives
• International Centre for Missing and Exploited
  Children (ICMEC)
• European Federation for Missing and Sexually
  Exploited Children

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International Cooperation (4) ICMEC
(1)Background
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International Cooperation (5) ICMEC (2)Members
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International Cooperation (6) ICMEC (3)Missions

• To provide a coordinated, international response
  to the problem of missing and exploited children.
• To provide instantaneous dissemination of
  pictures and information on missing children
  through the Internet, advocate stronger laws to
  protect children, assist non-governmental
  organisations, offer training to professionals
  and law enforcement agencies around the world and
  more generally increase public awareness.

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International Cooperation (7) ICMEC (4)

• Provide training and technical assistance in
  resource development, information systems and
  technology.
• Establish standards of operation for call
  centres, case management and photo distribution
  systems.
• Ensure linkages with law enforcement and
  encourage and expand missing and exploited
  childrens websites as part of ICMECs Global
  Missing Childrens Website Network.

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International Cooperation (8) EUROPEAN
FEDERATION (1)Background
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International Cooperation (9) EUROPEAN
FEDERATION (2)
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International Cooperation (10)
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AWARENESS
May 25 International Missing Childrens Day
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International Cooperation (11)

• STOP DAPHNE
• INHOPE

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STOP DAPHNE

• Involved 15 E.U. Countries Czech Republic,
  Poland, Romania, Hungary
• Results (December 2003)
• Availability of statistics
• Directory of private initiatives
• Cooperation private - public sector (European
  tools)

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INHOPE (1)
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INHOPE (2)
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USEFULL CONTACTS
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Congratulations
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