Public International Law students submitted input to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children
Students from the master鈥檚 programme in Public International Law at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 have recently submitted their input to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children. The Special Rapporteur will use this input for the elaboration of her upcoming thematic report on the 'Gender dimension of the sale and sexual exploitation of children and the importance of integrating a human rights-based and a non- binary approach to combating and eradicating the sale and sexual exploitation of children.'
Pursuant to the Human Rights Council Human Rights Council Resolution 43/22, the UN Special Rapporteur had , online with 10 May 2021 as a deadline. The Special Rapporteur had noted that the focus of the mandate has in the past remained primarily on the risks to girls, paralleling the invisibility of male children who have experienced sexual abuse and/or exploitation and children who identify outside the gender binary. In order to inform the preparation of her report, the Special Rapporteur asked for contributions from states, National Human Rights Institutions, civil society organisations, academia, individuals, etc.
The responses received will be published on the of the UN special Rapporteur.
Gender and gender identity in legislative and policy framework
Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 students of the course 鈥樷, of the 2020/2021 LLM in Public International Law have recently submitted their input to the United Nations Special Rapporteur for her upcoming thematic report on the gender dimension of the sale and sexual exploitation of children.
Encouraged by their lecturer, Dr. Lorena Sosa, the students collectively drafted a report exploring how gender and gender identity are incorporated in existing legislative and policy frameworks on the eradication and prevention of the sale and sexual exploitation of children, and what European and national legal frameworks are currently in place to integrate those dimensions in the prevention, prohibition and protection of children from such forms of violence.
The submitting students are Melissa Barberato, Alegri虂a Mari虂a Baus Pinto, Adam Bowers, Marisol del Castillo Celis, Annabelle Chan, Juliette Couderc, Maria Da Veiga Ferro Forjaz Pereira, Caroline Hansen, Damian Harleman, Kristi虂na Kumova虂, Twinkle Lavania, Oriane Leroy-Galateau, Florencia Muhlhausen Macchiavello, Brandon Narayan, Selma Nemouchi, Adeline Poisson, Melina Riemer, Sophie Rivallain, Louisa Steffen, Joosje Thoma, Marthe van der Velde, and Gricelda Verhoef.