Ariticle11Protection from kidnapping

The purpose of this article is to request States Parties to take measures to prevent trafficking in persons and other forms of harm to children who reside primarily abroad and are illegally transported from that country. An example of a multilateral agreement is the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, an international treaty to which 82 nations have acceded. In addition, while this Convention mainly covers the exploitation of women, the “United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime” also addresses issues other than sexual exploitation, including “trafficking in persons” and other forms of forced labor and organ trafficking. Japan has also ratified treaties in response to the measures, such as the “Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children” adopted in 2009, which supplements those treaties. What is most applicable as an example is the “Hague Convention” adopted in 1980. It seeks to prevent the wrongful removal of children across borders.

In Japan, the Ministry of Justice has been working with the International Organization for Migration to develop human resources to combat trafficking in persons, and in 2016, the Cabinet approved the “Basic Policy for Measures Related to Sexual Exploitation of Children,” and the National Police Agency of Japan is leading a plan to prevent sexual exploitation of children.