Human Rights Coun­cil — A/HRC/49/51
Report of the Spe­cial Rap­por­teur on the sale and sex­u­al exploita­tion of children,
includ­ing child pros­ti­tu­tion, child pornog­ra­phy and oth­er child sex­u­al abuse material,
Mrs. Mama Fati­ma Singhateh

State­ment by Pro­fes­sor Michel Veuthey
Ambas­sador to mon­i­tor and com­bat traf­fick­ing in per­sons, Deputy Per­ma­nent Observer
Gene­va, 8 March 2022

Madam Pres­i­dent, Excellencies,

The Order of Mal­ta would like to thank the Spe­cial Rap­por­teur for her excel­lent report (A/HRC/49/51) on the sale and sex­u­al exploita­tion of chil­dren. The Order of Mal­ta has con­tributed to the Spe­cial Rapporteur’s report. It wish­es to strength­en its aware­ness-rais­ing, pre­ven­tion and pro­tec­tion efforts to pro­tect child vic­tims of exploita­tion, through its mul­ti­lat­er­al and bilat­er­al diplo­mat­ic net­work. It has inten­si­fied its med­ical and social pro­grammes in many coun­tries in the world against the pan­dem­ic through its Nation­al Asso­ci­a­tions and its world human­i­tar­i­an orga­ni­za­tion “Mal­teser International”.

The Sov­er­eign Order of Mal­ta wish­es to con­tin­ue the dia­logue with the Spe­cial Rap­por­teur and oth­er stake­hold­ers, includ­ing faith-based orga­ni­za­tions, the busi­ness and aca­d­e­m­ic com­mu­ni­ties, in order to share and opti­mize its best practices.

The Order of Mal­ta con­tin­ues its work to pre­vent and com­bat traf­fick­ing in per­sons by par­tic­i­pat­ing in actions, by orga­niz­ing an online train­ing course for helpers — already avail­able in Eng­lish and French — and by con­tribut­ing to the pro­tec­tion and reha­bil­i­ta­tion of vic­tims of traf­fick­ing, as well as by orga­niz­ing 18 webi­na­rs on human trafficking.

Thank you.

French State­ment