Integration of a human rights-based approach in measures to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation of persons, especially women and children, and which leads to human trafficking 2013, para. 68
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The principal responsibility of States in such cases is to protect the children concerned. When there is evidence that the majority of children to be found begging have been trafficked or are being subjected to either forced labour or a practice similar to slavery, the relevant Government authority with appropriate child protection expertise should consider what response is appropriate, notably whether it should involve discouraging children of a certain age from begging, making it a criminal offence to profit from a child's begging or discouraging the public from donating money to child beggars in some or all circumstances. When trafficked children are reported to be moved from one State to a neighbouring State, it would be in the best interests of the children concerned for the various States involved to harmonize their responses, so that traffickers cannot simply move on, accompanied by the children they exploit, to take advantage of different laws and regulations in a neighbouring State.
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children