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    Position Paper For Asean

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    It explores the policy of USA in regards to the issue of child rights and drug trafficking in Asia. This is an interpretation of its policy.

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    It explores the policy of USA in regards to the issue of child rights and drug trafficking in Asia. This is an interpretation of its policy.

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    Position Paper For Asean

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    It explores the policy of USA in regards to the issue of child rights and drug trafficking in Asia. This is an interpretation of its policy.

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    Topic: The question of Child Protection

    Council: Association of South-East Asian Nations Social, Humanitarian and Cultural


    council
    Country: United States of America

    The rights of children is and should always be uncontentious. Every child, regardless
    of ethnicity, religion or even economic status, should have their fundamental rights
    enshrined and protected by the government. The issue and problem then that
    plagues governments lies not the legal system and legal documents, but rather
    enforcing those policies and ensuring that children are adequately protected, not
    just on paper, but in reality.

    There is a spectrum for the abuse of children in Asia, as in everywhere else. While
    the milder cases include domestic abuse by savage parents, the more heinous
    crimes include child trafficking, child slavery and even child prostitution. Laos is
    reportedly a source country and transit country when it concerns children in the sex
    tourism industry.1 This situation can be improved by following legal frameworks
    along with implementing existing frameworks more effectively.
    There have been various legal frameworks such as the Universal Declaration of
    Human Rights, Convention on rights of child, Minimum Age Convention and Worst
    Forms of Child Labor Convention currently present. ASEAN, in turn, has passed
    documents, such as the Declaration on the Commitments for Children in ASEAN in
    2001 and the ASEAN Commission for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of
    Women and Children (ACWC) ( April 2010) which reaffirms its commitment to
    protecting and promoting child rights.
    USA has long championed child protection and has implemented various policies in
    practice to do so.
    Children are generally afforded the basic rights embodied by the Constitution, as
    enshrined by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which
    applies to children. USA has effectively enforced various federal laws, such as the
    Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) by dedicating an entire
    governmental agency to this cause, called the Child Protective Services (CPS). USA
    firmly feels that ASEAN countries can model after its success to improve the status
    quo.

    1 http://www.afppd.org/files/1113/8206/9530/Policy_Brief.pdf

    To improve the situation, USA proposes a three pronged approach; prevention,


    protection, prosecution. Firstly, it is of utmost importance that parents are aware
    and educated on the rights of children. Due to the impact of culture or a disregard
    of laws predicated on the assumption that they would not be caught, many subject
    their children to unfair treatment, such as in the form of violence, to cases as
    extreme as even forced labor. Children should also be educated on their rights and
    how to report cases of exploitation. Secondly, on protection, existing international,
    regional and local mechanisms of detection and identification of abuse must be
    improved. Such abuses must be swiftly identified either through means of checking
    hotspots of abuse on a regular basis, such as red light districts and the
    establishment of an anonymous hotline after which children will be protected in
    government allocated lodges. Lastly, on prosecution, the protection of children can
    be ensured by implementing punitive measures such as heavy fines of jail terms
    when abuse is proven. The message sent that the government is enforcing these
    measures will remove the stigma that children can easily be abused without
    repercussion. Regional cooperation can be established, for various purposes such as
    sharing effective policies. USA stands for the protection of children in Asia and
    believes these mechanisms will be effective.

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