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    The document discusses ensuring the safety of children from sexual abuse. It defines child sexual abuse and outlines the forms it can take, including physical and non-physical abuse. Symptoms of abuse can last for years or be triggered by life events. UNICEF is committed to tackling sexual exploitation and violence against children. The document discusses definitions of exploitation, abuse, and violence from UNICEF and Swiss law. It emphasizes the importance of listening to survivor voices to end abuse and dismantle the shame and silence around it.

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    The document discusses ensuring the safety of children from sexual abuse. It defines child sexual abuse and outlines the forms it can take, including physical and non-physical abuse. Symptoms of abuse can last for years or be triggered by life events. UNICEF is committed to tackling sexual exploitation and violence against children. The document discusses definitions of exploitation, abuse, and violence from UNICEF and Swiss law. It emphasizes the importance of listening to survivor voices to end abuse and dismantle the shame and silence around it.

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    The document discusses ensuring the safety of children from sexual abuse. It defines child sexual abuse and outlines the forms it can take, including physical and non-physical abuse. Symptoms of abuse can last for years or be triggered by life events. UNICEF is committed to tackling sexual exploitation and violence against children. The document discusses definitions of exploitation, abuse, and violence from UNICEF and Swiss law. It emphasizes the importance of listening to survivor voices to end abuse and dismantle the shame and silence around it.

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    United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

    {UNICEF}

    Delegate’s Name : Mr. Felix Natalando


    Country : SWISS
    Topic : Ensuring The Safety Of Children From Sexual Abuse

    Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse that includes sexual activity with a minor. A child
    cannot consent to any form of sexual activity, period. When a perpetrator engages with a
    child this way, they are committing a crime that can have lasting effects on the victim for
    years. Child sexual abuse does not need to include physical contact between a perpetrator and
    a child.
    Symptoms or behavioral sequelae are common and varied. More extreme symptoms can be
    associated with abuse onset at an early age, extended or frequent abuse, incest by a parent, or
    use of force. Common life events, like death, birth, marriage, or divorce may trigger the
    return of symptoms for a childhood sexual abuse survivor. 
    UNICEF is strongly committed to tackling all forms of sexual misconduct and sexual
    violence. The United Nations distinguishes between sexual exploitation and sexual abuse,
    sexual harassment, and sexual violence against children.
    Sexual exploitation refers to any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability,
    differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, perpetrated by aid workers against the
    children and families we serve. Sexual abuse is the actual or threatened physical intrusion of
    a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions, perpetrated by aid
    workers against the children and families we serve.
    Sexual violence against children is the programmatic definition for related misconduct
    perpetrated by anyone other than aid workers. It occurs in every country, across all segments
    of society. A child may be subjected to sexual violence at home, at school or in their
    community.
    The Swiss Foundation for Child Protection (Kinderschutz Schweiz) defines child sexual
    abuse (CSA) as involving a child in sexual activity that the child does not fully comprehend,
    is unable to give informed consent to, or is not developmentally prepared for. The
    relationship between perpetrator and victim is defined as one of responsibility, trust, and/or
    power being abused by the perpetrator to gratify his or her sexual needs. Swiss criminal law
    prohibits all kinds of sexual activity between an adult and a child (<16 years) if there is an
    age difference of more than 3 years, between a minor (<18 years) and an adult if they are in a
    relationship of dependency (e.g. teacher-student), and all sexual activity that is enforced
    without the other person’s consent, regardless of the ages of victim and perpetrator. That
    means that CSA cannot only occur between a child and an adult but can also occur among
    children or adolescents, a fact that has long been neglected.
    Embracing the stories of survivors is a key component to ending child sexual abuse and
    dismantling the shame and silence that surround the experience. Join us in lifting up survivor
    voices by reading, listening, or sharing your own story.

    QARMAS :
    1. What are the best possible ways to enforce a global child protection regime ?
    ~> By voicing the existing issues, I believe that with many people who know the impact
    of these issues, a concern will be formed.
    2. In the current status quo , where does the international framework to protect children
    sexual abuse of children fall short ? And if so, how can it be improved ?
    ~> Child abuse and neglect is well established as an important societal concern with
    significant ramifications for the affected children, their families, and society at large. A
    critical step in devising effective responses is reasonable agreement on the definition of
    the problem and its scope. Yet achieving clarity in the area of child abuse and neglect has
    been an ongoing challenge. Legal definitions vary across states; researchers apply diverse
    standards in determining incidence and prevalence rates in clinical and population-based
    studies; and substantial obstacles hamper learning about the experiences of children,
    especially young children, with caregiver-inflicted abuse or neglect. 
    3. What measures should UNICEF and member states take for global child protection?
    ~> voicing CSA issues, Carrying out regulations and special actions, and solving these
    CSA problems.
    4. While acknowledging the sovereignty os states , how far should the international
    community intervene to better ensure the safety of children from sexual abuse ?
    ~> it must be far and deep, with the role of the international community in this issue, the
    public will be more aware of the dangers of sexual violence against children.
    5. Within this topic , is it possible for non state actors to help safeguard children against
    sexual abuse? If so, what type of role will these actors play amd what will the
    mechanism look like ?
    ~> Obviously yes, because this issue is not only for the state but for all of its contents,
    maybe non-state actors will help through donations, voice issues or even come directly as
    volunteers in regions with high CSA presentations.
    REFERENCES :

    Radford, L., Allnock, D., & Hynes, P. (2015). Preventing and responding to child sexual
    abuse and exploitation: Evidence review. Child Protection Section Programme
    Division UNICEF Headquarters.

    Digidiki, V., & Bhabha, J. (2018). Sexual abuse and exploitation of unaccompanied
    migrant children in Greece: Identifying risk factors and gaps in services during the
    European migration crisis. Children and Youth Services Review, 92, 114-121.

    Mohler-Kuo, M., Landolt, M. A., Maier, T., Meidert, U., Schönbucher, V., & Schnyder,
    U. (2014). Child sexual abuse revisited: A population-based cross-sectional study
    among Swiss adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 54(3), 304-311.

    Karos, K., Niederstrasser, N., Abidi, L., Bernstein, D. P., & Bader, K. (2014). Factor
    structure, reliability, and known groups validity of the German version of the
    Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (Short-form) in Swiss patients and
    nonpatients. Journal of child sexual abuse, 23(4), 418-430.

    Singh, M. M., Parsekar, S. S., & Nair, S. N. (2014). An epidemiological overview of


    child sexual abuse. Journal of family medicine and primary care, 3(4), 430.

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