On October 2-3, 2008 Canada and the United States held a consultation in preparation for the World
Congress III Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents to be held in Brazil on November 25-28. Hosted by Shared Hope International, the meeting was attended by representatives of NGOs from both
the U.S. and Canada, U.S. government representatives, and the Canadian government-appointed Federal
Ombudsman for Victims of Crime.
The purpose of the meeting was to identify where Canada and the U.S. stand in their efforts to protect
children from sexual exploitation, the major obstacles they face, and where to go from here. To that end, the
Consultation was organized around four sequential roundtable discussions addressing the following topics:
1) Prevention and Private Sector Role
2) Legislation
3) Identification of Victims
4) Restorative
Services
To download the complete report click on the link below:
Report of the Canada-United States Consultation in Preparation forthe World Congress III Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents
