3. HUMAN TRAFFICKING: CANADIAN COMPLICITY IN CYBERSEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN
Whereas #1 the National Council of Women of Canada adopted policy in 2001, 2006, and 2012 addressing the issue of human trafficking; and
Whereas #2 human trafficking constitutes a violation of international covenants and conventions addressing human rights, most heinously as it relates to the sexual exploitation of children worldwide; and
Whereas #4 Canada is the third most active of 60 countries investigated, and in Canada, access to graphic online/live and video-taped child sexual pornography is being sourced, developed, directed, and marketed by Canadians; therefore, be it
Resolved #1 that the National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC) adopt as policy that funding be available to curb, dismantle, and expose human trafficking, and that the public and social services be educated on cybersex trafficking of children; and be it further
Resolved #2 that NCWC urge the Government of Canada to:
a) Provide sustainable funding for specialized online forensic tools and policing resources to curb, dismantle, and expose illegal practices;
b) Ensure that perpetrators are held accountable and prosecuted for human trafficking of children both here in Canada and internationally; and be it further
Resolved #3 that NCWC urges the Government to initiate public-wide education programs to alert Canadians and those in the social services sector as to the indicators that suggest abuse, including, but not limited to, the abuse of children on the internet.