联合国儿童权利专家表示语言准则是解决儿童性虐待问题的关键工具（部分翻译）

日内瓦（2016年6月14日）——联合国儿童权利专家欢迎发布关于称呼儿童性虐待和性剥削的语言使用准则，该方针是与合作伙伴共同起草而成。

“如果你能对一项罪名进行清晰且一致的命名和定义，那么这将有助于防止和打击这项罪行。经证实，这在解决儿童性剥削和性虐待问题中至关重要。迄今为止，公认用语的缺乏加剧了全球保护儿童工作的短处。”联合国儿童权利委员会主席本岩姆·达维特·梅兹穆尔（Benyam Dawit Mezmur）表示。

《卢森堡准则》为术语和语言及概念使用的精确性提供了指导。世界上所有主要的儿童权利机构和组织、立法机关和媒体均可使用。

“语言表达至关重要，因为这影响了我们将问题概念化、确定问题的优先顺序和作出回应。语言和术语的使用不一致可能导致对同一问题的不同法律和政策响应。”准则在介绍中表示。

“《卢森堡准则》不仅将有助于保护儿童，还能终结这些可憎罪行的有罪不罚问题。”联合国买卖儿童、儿童卖淫和儿童色情制品问题特别报告员莫德·德·布尔-布基契奥（Maud de Boer-Buquicchio）表示。

准则官方名为《防止儿童受性剥削和性虐待的术语准则》，在一个18人全球机构间工作组的指导和国际终止童妓组织（EPCAT）的协同合作下制定而成。

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‘Luxembourg Guidelines’ on terminology a step forward in the fight against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children

Geneva, Switzerland - A Global Interagency Working Group released the ‘Terminology Guidelines for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse’ in Geneva Switzerland today, taking an important step in strengthening collaboration to address sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children.

Child sexual exploitation and sexual abuse are complex phenomena involving multiple actors, and requiring a multi-sectoral response. The absence of common language to describe conduct amounting to sexual exploitation and sexual abuse affects and undermines global efforts to protect children. “Even where the same terms are used, there is often disagreement concerning their actual meaning, resulting in confusion and challenges for law-makers, child protection agencies, media and civil society groups” explained Dorothy Rozga, Executive Director of ECPAT International. In the context of transnational child sexual abuse and sexual exploitation, these difficulties are magnified.

The Terminology Guidelines, dubbed the ‘Luxembourg Guidelines’ after their adoption in the small country earlier this year, offer guidance on how to navigate the complex lexicon of terms commonly used relating to sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children. They aim to build consensus on key concepts in order to strengthen data collection and cooperation across agencies, sectors and countries. Today, the Guidelines are being made available to all major child protection agencies and organisations around the world, as well as to law-makers and the media.

The ‘Luxembourg Guidelines’ were developed under the guidance of a global Interagency Working Group, composed of 18 members, including the Special Representative to the UN Secretary General on Violence against Children, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (see full list below).
“In these important guidelines, policy makers, professional associations and child rights defenders find a crucial resource to provide precision in terminology, enhance accuracy in the development of monitoring tools, and gain conceptual clarity to mobilise efforts for the safeguard of children's freedom from sexual violence across regions,” said Marta Santos Pais, the Special Representative to the UN Secretary General on Violence against Children, and core member of the Interagency Working Group.

“In the fight against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, terminology is not just a matter of semantics: it determines the effectivity of responses,” said UN Special Rapporteur on Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio. “The Luxembourg Guidelines will contribute not only to protecting children, but also in ending the impunity for these heinous crimes,” said the UN Special Rapporteur.

“Our hope is that the Guidelines will be widely disseminated and that all actors will familiarize themselves with the meaning and possible use of the terms and concepts presented in the Guidelines. We believe that by doing so they will contribute to a more effective protection of children from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse” said Professor Jaap Doek, Chairperson of the Interagency Working Group.

Coordinated by ECPAT, the Interagency Working Group deliberated over the course of 18 months, bringing together experts and international actors in child protection to forge consensus on the terminology used in child protection on sexual abuse and sexual exploitation.

The Interagency Working Group is composed of representatives from the following organisations:

African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Child Rights Connect
Council of Europe Secretariat
ECPAT
Europol
INHOPE - The International Association of Internet Hotlines
Instituto Interamericano del niño, la niña y adolescentes (OEA)
International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
International Labour Office
International Telecommunication Organisation
INTERPOL
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Plan International
Save the Children International
United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

The IWG also counted with two academic institutions, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Bedfordshire, The International Centre: Researching child sexual exploitation, violence and trafficking, as well as the Oak Foundation as observers to project.

Contact:
Dr Susanna Greijer, Project Coordinator
Email: s.greijer@ecpat.lu
Phone: +352 26 27 08 09