ECPAT Luxembourg

Our Mission

ECPAT Luxembourg's mission is to fight by all legal means against the commercial sexual exploitation of children in Luxembourg and the countries where it operates, as well as to raise public awareness and inform public opinion about the rights of the child in this area. It will facilitate the identification and implementation of programmes for vulnerable children and/or victims of commercial sexual exploitation and their families. These programmes will include one or more of these areas: prevention, rehabilitation and reintegration of children.

Our Values

Partnership

The partnership is based on a relationship of mutual and long-term trust. Each stakeholder maintains its autonomy but is committed to pooling their efforts and resources for the same goal.

Participation

We consider active participation in our projects, and in particular that of children, as a fundamental right, in the spirit of Article 12 of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. Their views are taken into account and they influence the decision-making processes that directly affect them.

Neutrality

We work with our beneficiaries without any ethnic, political, religious or economic discrimination. Our ambition is to meet proven needs as efficiently and efficiently as possible.

Independence

We are not subject to any obedience, whether political, religious or economic. Our intervention decisions are guided only by our vision and mission, as defined in our social purpose. We are also independent of any other member of our network.

The Ecpat

Origin

ECPAT was established in 1990 as a one-off, regional campaign to combat commercial sexual exploitation of children. EcPAT (End Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) began in Stockholm in 1996 as an international network, at the first World Congress to Fight ESEC. This Congress, held in the presence of Her Royal Highness The Grand Duchess of Luxembourg and the Queen of Sweden, gives rise to an Agenda for Action which advocates a package of measures to combat this scourge.

Network

Now

Today, the international ECPAT network has 106 members in 97 countries,including our neighbours: Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands. It is a global reference on issues of combating sexual exploitation and child trafficking.

ECPAT Luxembourg's executive team