The Meeting “Children at risk. Fight against human trafficking in the world” will take place from 21st to 23rd July during the Summer Courses of the Complutense University of Madrid. The meeting will bring together United Nations UNICEF, Spanish Government, Judicial bodies, NGOs experts and scientists to get a better problem approach, to suggest realistic solutions and to communicate them to the society.

Figures are impressive and, at the same time, shameful for the civilized world of 21st century: according to data from the United Nations through the UN.GIFT programme managed by UNODC/UNDD (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), 161 countries are reported to be affected by human trafficking by being a source, transit and/or destination country. The majority of trafficking victims are between 18 and 24 years of age but an estimated of 1.2 million children are trafficked each year. During the time they are victims of trafficking the 95% experience physical or sexual violence, the 79% are trafficked for sexual exploitation and the 18% are trafficked for forced labour.

A so serious and complex problem, a so big bussiness which next year could become one of the most lucrative crime in the world (ahead of drug or weapon traffic) requires new instruments, but specially needs effective measures to combat and deter it, to achieve its final eradication. Being aware of the problem, the University of Granada created an international project for genetic identification of missing children and their families in 2004, called DNA-Prokids. The goal was to help countries to fight more effectively against human trafficking.

Program:

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REGISTRATION
Secretaría de los Cursos de Verano: Calle Donoso Cortés, 63, planta baja.
28015 Madrid. Tel.: 913946480-913946481-913948408. Fax: 913948407.
cursvera@rect.ucm.es