Vulnerabilities of children to sale, trafficking and other forms of exploitation in situations of
conflict and humanitarian crisis 2017, para. 26
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In addition to being a means for advancing their criminal endeavours, the sexual exploitation of children is further used by violent extremist groups to generate revenue, as part of the shadow economy of conflict and terrorism, through trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation, sexual slavery and the extortion of ransoms from desperate families. In some circumstances, girls are themselves treated as the “wages of war”, being gifted as a form of in-kind compensation or payment to fighters, who are then entitled to resell or exploit them as they wish. Such strategies are also believed to be a way of recruiting, rewarding and retaining fighters.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Humanitarian
Violence
Person(s) affected
Children
Girls
Year
2017
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Other
Paragraph focus
Vulnerabilities of children to exploitation in situations of conflict and humanitarian crisis