ECPAT UK is a leading UK charity campaigning against child trafficking and supporting young people who have been victims of exploitation. ECPAT UK was the first UK organisation working solely against child trafficking. It was initially a coalition of nine UK organisations working on children’s issues. These organisations were: Anti-Slavery International, Barnardos, Jubilee Campaign, NSPCC, Save the Children UK, the Body Shop Foundation, the Children’s Society, UNICEF UK and World Vision UK. Today, it is a leading, youth-led voice calling for trafficked children’s rights.
Contact: Patricia Durr
Phone: +44 20 7607 2136
Address: 81A Endell Street, Third Floor, London, WC2H 9DX
Email: info@ecpat.org.uk
Website: https://www.ecpat.org.uk
According to a 2016 ECPAT UK’s expert paper, child sexual abuse material is an increasing issue within the country. Reportedly, around 50,000 UK-based individuals were involved in downloading and sharing this kind of material in 2012.
The United Kingdom is a source, transit, and destination country for children trafficked for forced labour and sexual purposes. Albania, Vietnam, Nigeria, Romania, and Poland were the top countries of origin for potential trafficking victims identified in 2015. The most vulnerable categories are children in the care system and unaccompanied child migrants.
In 2015, the Parliament of the United Kingdom adopted the Modern Slavery Act 2015 which is designed to improve law enforcement responses to human trafficking and strengthen identification and protection mechanisms for victims of human trafficking, including children.
Year: February 2024
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Age of sexual consent is 16. The national legislation does not provide for a close-in-age exemption.
Analysis of country legislation on age of sexual consent, 2024
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Active extraterritoriality and extradition is provided for all SEC related offences including nationals and permanent residents of the UK. Passive extraterritoriality is not provided for. Double criminality is required for active extraterritoriality if the offender is a UK resident but not if the offender is a UK national.
Double criminality is always required for extradition cases, except for those occurring in between UK and EU countries before 1 January 2021 when European Arrest Warrant Framework was still in place (SEC offences are referred to as extraditable under the European Arrest Warrant EAW framework within the EU without requiring double criminality if the act is punishable by a maximum period of at least three years of imprisonment in the requesting State).
Sexual Offences Act 2003, Sexual Offences Scotland Act 2009, Extradition Act 2003, 2003 (status as of 2023), 2009, 2003
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