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Explore the Crossroads of Justice and Community in this Riveting Article! "Checkpoint: The Crossroads of Justice and Community" delves deep into the intersection of these vital aspects. #us #news #unitedstates #policy

🌍 New Guidance Released: Creating a Cycle of Protection for Trafficked Children 🛡️ I am particularly excited to announce the launch of this Guidance, as the result of the work of CHILD CIRCLE and the Council of the Baltic Sea States, in the framework of the EU-funded project PROMISE TRM. It has been a tremendous pleasure to work with my dearest colleague Rebecca O Donnell and continuously learn and get inspired by her, as well as an incredibly enriching process for me. It allowed me to delve into the understanding of the phenomenon of child trafficking, such a pervasive, serious form of violence against children, so multi-faceted and complex, and which thus calls for crucial investments and efforts for its prevention and eradication. This Guidance has been developed to support States in building stronger, child-centred collaboration between anti-trafficking and child protection systems. To facilitate this necessary collaboration, the Guidance aims to: ✅ Provide common knowledge and understanding on the main traits of child trafficking in Europe, a phenomenon that is too often difficult to even identify. That is made even worse by the exponential increase of its online dimension, with growing use of online spaces by traffickers and increasing challenges in identifying and protecting victims in the digital space. ✅ Highlight the core protection needs for ALL children who are victims or potential victims of trafficking, regardless of the means and the purposes of trafficking, thus including when they are exploited for criminal activities. ✅ Clarify the key legal obligations of States in protecting child victims of trafficking, and the strong, existing international legal and policy framework ✅ Identify core actions for States to comply to these obligations and overcome challenges, through effective collaboration between anti-trafficking and child protection professionals/agencies/bodies. 💡 Developed through national dialogues in six Baltic Sea region countries, this Guidance addresses the real-world challenges and opportunities for a better cooperation that would ensure trafficked children receive the protection and assistance they deserve and they are entitled to. 🧰 🛠️The Guidance provides a variety of practical tools, resources and good practices to use and to get inspired from, to transform challenges into meaningful actions. Read and download the Guidance at this link 👉 https://lnkd.in/eiHcCi3H And let’s continue working together to create a robust, protective system for trafficked children! 🤝🛡️ #ChildProtection #AntiTrafficking #Cooperation #Barnahus #TraffickedChildren #ChildRights #InternationalLaw #BalticSeaRegion

📄 We are happy to share the newly published guidance, "Creating a Cycle of Protection: Guiding principles and key considerations for developing comprehensive, child-centred cooperation to identify, support and assist trafficked children." This new guidance aims to help States build and strengthen comprehensive, child-centred collaboration between anti-trafficking and child protection systems. It provides clear insights into the obligations of States to identify, support, and protect trafficked children across both criminal justice and child protection systems. Informed by national dialogues across six Baltic Sea region countries, this guidance outlines key challenges and opportunities for improving cooperation among vital stakeholders – highlighting international laws, regional resources, and best practices to inspire further action.   Read and download the guidance here 👉 https://lnkd.in/erQRPke3   This guidance is published by Council of the Baltic Sea States and CHILD CIRCLE as part of the PROMISE TRM project, co-funded by the European Commission, which is addressing the specific needs of child victims of trafficking and exploitation by strengthening coordination between authorities and actors when responding to trafficking cases, and ensuring child justice processes. #TRMproject #ChildTrafficking

We're excited to share our new guidance, "Creating a Cycle of Protection: Guiding Principles for Child-Centred Cooperation to Support Trafficked Children," published in collaboration with CHILD CIRCLE as part of the #PROMISE TRM project, co-funded by the European Commission. This resource helps States strengthen cooperation between anti-trafficking and child protection systems, providing key insights on identifying, supporting, and protecting trafficked children. Based on national dialogues across six countries from the #BalticSeaRegion, it highlights challenges, opportunities, and best practices. 🌍 Read more and download the guidance here: https://lnkd.in/d_MyVaQH #CBSSchildprotection #childprotection #ChildrenAtRisk CBSS Children at Risk

Federal vacatur legislation is a moral imperative for survivors who have been unjustly criminalized due to their exploitation. It provides a critical pathway for rectifying the injustices faced by those who, instead of receiving support and compassion, were met with punishment. By recognizing and addressing the wrongful convictions of trafficking survivors, federal vacatur laws affirm our collective commitment to justice, healing, and empowerment. This legislation not only corrects past wrongs but also paves the way for survivors to rebuild their lives with dignity. It’s a testament to our society’s values of fairness and compassion, ensuring that survivors are seen not as criminals, but as individuals deserving of our support and acknowledgment of their resilience. Advocating for federal vacatur is advocating for the heart of justice itself, acknowledging that true recovery begins with the rectification of injustice. #TraffickingSurvivorsRelief #JusticeForSurvivors #SurvivorAdvocacy #LegalReformForSurvivors #VoicesOfSurvivors#PACT https://lnkd.in/gv6Rx-Cm

Monroe County Sheriff's Office Sheriff Todd Baxter and a wide variety of #community leaders are "consensus-building" across #NewYork state to prompt lawmakers to tweak #criminaljustice reforms instituted since 2018. The Consortium for Safe Communities (CSC) ourconsortiumny.com is a unique collective started in #RochesterNY, drawing from business, government, law enforcement, education, community activists, religion, private citizens, and others. CSC's current effort is focused on bail reform with three primary objectives: establishing a dangerousness standard, adding a repeat offender option, and writing a "clean law" that is easily understood. Currently, New York state is the only jurisdiction in the country that doesn't allow judges to hold lawbreakers if they pose a threat to the community. Advocating for crime victims, the CSC also opposes proposed "elder parole" legislation that would allow convicted prisoners, regardless of the crime, to be eligible for parole with 15 years of their sentence served by age 55 or older and potentially provide them with a pension if released. The CSC maintains such a program re-victimizes those affected by crime. Sheriff Baxter is quick to point out that discussions within the founding Monroe County chapter of the CSC are spirited, with members often in disagreement but arriving at goals that promote #publicsafety. The Sheriff continues to promote the CSC concept across the state. #lawenforcement #police #sheriff #crime #victimsrights

NEWS: The House has officially passed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023 (H.R. 5846), which The Exodus Road supported. The act will now move on to pass the Senate. The reauthorization represents a continued commitment to supporting survivors of trafficking and prosecuting perpetrators. Specifically, this iteration of the act establishes the Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and Education Program. "Engaging in this policy work elevates The Exodus Road's presence, amplifying our voice in human trafficking advocacy in the United States," says Bill Woolf, The Exodus Road's Policy Government Relations and Policy Advisor and Principal, The Woolf Group. "This collaboration highlights the powerful impact of our combined efforts, marking a promising pathway towards enhancing our influence in shaping policies that combat human trafficking." Learn more about why this act is so vital:

In the 1980s, I was invited to speak on political issues at two statewide conventions and a national campaign kickoff school. The focus was on the finite number of issue categories and the power of single-issue politics. My assertion was that single-issue politics would become more powerful in the face of increasing information overload and growing ignorance of government functions. In other words, the general electorate would become emotional and highly stressed, and more citizens would be failing high school civics. This election? The stress levels are maxed. The single-issue approach is a hammer on specific but huge groups of our fellow citizens: - Moms and Dads struggling to afford food for their family. - Too many families have run their credit cards to the limits. - Young couples can no longer buy into their first home. - Compassionate souls are distraught over human trafficking at the border. - Law enforcement is grappling with crimes that should not happen in our midst. - A porous border is overburdening the border patrol and crushing border towns… and now major cities. - Millions of family members are mourning the loss of loved ones to drug addiction and death. - Our military heroes in service to our nation must have competent leaders so they will not be needlessly killed. To close with nostalgia… “I Like Ike!”

Today marks #RedHandDay. We are raising our red for #Accountability. Accountability is essential for protecting children in armed conflict and ending child recruitment and other grave violations of their rights. Holding perpetrators to account increases costs of noncompliance with international law, deters future violations, and thus better protects children. The listing of perpetrators in the annexes of the Secretary-General's annual reports on children and armed conflict is a powerful tool for promoting accountability. The listing and delisting of perpetrators must be credible and evidence-based, without exception. Read more about the new Policy on Children from the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court that was launched in December 2023 on the inclusion and participation of children in justice processes https://lnkd.in/eq3BBX3X  As we close our week of #RaiseYourRed, our red hands are raised high to demand an end to the recruitment and use of child soldiers. Our hands are raised for protection, prevention and accountability. We commit to a better future for children in armed conflict.

What a fantastic afternoon hosted by Research in Practice Key findings that resonated with me: - Men continue to disappear from view - Persistent focus on mothers being held responsible for their children’s protection - The context of the individual's and families lives matter (seek to understand lived experience and perspective) - "The old conundrum - understanding gets conflated with excusing" where professionals aren't exploring social, structural, and systemic factors with men While these findings dont come as a suprise, they provide an evidence base for action. They are also precisely the motivation for Hampton Trust developing the DARE Toolkit; which enables and empowers professionals to engage in a meaningful and effective way with those causing harm. We need a cultural shift in our approach to hold individuals accountable for their behaviour and facilitate change, and it's reassuring to see we are on the right track. Are you interested in becoming #DAREaware? https://lnkd.in/g9U2fXzk