In preparation for the Third World Congress Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, participating countries are encouraged to complete a Mid-Term Review of regional and/or country-specific efforts taken to combat the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
The Mid-Term Review (MTR) aims to review progress made on the commitments at the Second World Congress in Yokohama, Japan (2001), and to plan measures for enhanced action against the commercial sexual exploitation of children in the United States. The original impetus for a MTR came from delegates of the Yokohama Congress who believed that a country specific MTR process would not only promote learning and refinement of local implementation strategies, but would also support an active dialogue on issues of commercial sexual exploitation of children before the next World Congress.
Prior to the Second World Congress Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, the United States completed two separate review processes - one by U.S. government agencies and one hosted by the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work in cooperation with ECPAT-USA, the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and UNICEF.
U.S. government report to the Second World Congress (PDF)
Final report from the North American Regional Consultation (PDF)
Background of the World Congress Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
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