Campaign against

Sexual Abuse of Children and Youth

ICYO-Youth Information - ICYO to End CSEC

(To raise the voice against Sexual Abuse, Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth and Human Trafficking for sexual purpose)

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Official launch of
World Congress III against sexual exploitation of children and adolescents

 

Rio De Janiero, Brazil. 19 May 2008 – The Government of Brazil, UNICEF, ECPAT and the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child officially launched the World Congress III in Rio de Janeiro inviting governments, civil society, young people, and private sector companies to unite in ending sexual exploitation of children. 

 

The First Lady Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva was in attendance as well as Marie Pierre Poirrot, representative for UNICEF, Neide Castanha, Director of Cecria, ECPAT Brazil and Amihan Abueva, Chair of ECPAT International Board.

 

Third meeting of the Central Organizing Committee for the
World Congress III.

Florence , Italy. 24 -25 April, 2008. The meeting was attended by Congress partners’ representatives - Government of Brazil, UNICEF, ECPAT International and the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and representatives of the Governments of Japan and Sweden in their role as permanent advisors. Japp Doek, the General Rapporteur for the Congress also attended.

One of the key meeting outcomes was the formation of an Expert Advisory Group (EAG). The EAG will be composed of 12-15 independent experts ( not organizational representatives) selected by invited organizations on the basis of their expertise. The EAG includes the Congress Rapporteur, World Tourist Organization (WTO), International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN), World Childhood Foundation (WCF), Innocente Centre, Council of Europe (CoE), Inter-American Institute of the Child, Save the Children, INTERPOL, Virtual Global Task Force(VGT), Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR), Committee of Rights of the Child (CRC), International Labor Organization (ILO), Terre des Hommes and members of the COC.

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Indian Committee of Youth Organizations (ICYO) is the network organization, committed for capacity building and developing mutual cooperation and understanding amongs youth organizations, youth groups. 

ICYO functions as an umbrella organization of youth organizations with working area in South Asia.a.

Affiliation: 

Consultative (Roster) Status with ECOSOC, United Nations;
Consultative Status with Commission on Sustainable Development;
Full Member of World Assembly of Youth (WAY);

Full Member of Asian Youth Council (AYC);
Member: CRIN, ATSEC-DELHI,
Affiliate group of ECPAT International, Thailand;