Since 2001, Terre des hommes has been involved in an international campaign to fight child trafficking. Terre des hommes here makes a considerable reference library on the subject of trafficking in children accessible to the public as well as specialists. Available in various languages, simply download the document of your choice! www.childtrafficking.com

General documentation
Child Trafficking. Thematic Policy 2007 (english /PDF/976Ko)
This document describes Tdh’s approach and constitutes its policy against child trafficking. This policy defines Tdh’s main operating framework for anti-child trafficking projects. The document serves as a reference and provides guidelines for the elaboration of anti-child trafficking projects. The policy is a mean to create coherence throughout Tdh anti-trafficking projects worldwide. The document is divided into three sections. The first one serves to orient the reader to the issue of child trafficking, the second section focuses more specifically on Tdh’s anti-trafficking programming, and Section 3 provides information on practical actions implemented or supported by Tdh. The Tdh time-bound objective against child trafficking is defined in another official document "Plan of action of Terre des hommes against child trafficking, 2006-2009".
Child trafficking. Problems and solutions. 2004 (English/pdf/2Mo)
Child trafficking. Summary, conclusions and recommendations. 2004 (English/pdf/200Ko)
Terre des hommes has published a report ("Kids as Commodities. Child Trafficking and What to do about it") about its international campaign against trafficking in children.

Trafficking in children for adoption. 2001 (French/pdf/100Ko)
An interview with Marlène Hofstetter, Head of the International Adoption Section of Terre des hommes.


Regional studies on child trafficking
Europe
Policy paper: return of foreign unaccompanied minors. Pre-publishing release March 2007 (English/pdf/256Ko)
Terre des hommes Policy Paper on Issues related to Return of Foreign Unaccompanied Minors provides a set of binding criteria and procedures to be respected within Terre des hommes Delegations in South Eastern Europe.
Transnational Protection of Children: the case of Albania and Greece. 2000-2006 (English/pdf/1.6 Mo)
By taking a transnational approach, the publication discloses in details the reality of the Albanian children exploited in Greece. One of the problems evidenced is that often their status as illegal migrants is more decisive for the authorities’ approach than their rights as children.
Action to Prevent Child Trafficking in South Eastern Europe – a Preliminary Assessment (English/pdf/1,6Mo)
The report examines different strategies and initiatives to prevent child trafficking in SEE and it includes the voices of child victims from Albania, Moldova, Romania and the UN Administered Province of Kosovo.
Prostitution of Romanian minors in Rome. 2005 (English/pdf/400Ko)
Results, analyses and recommendations of a report based on interviews with minors exploited by a trafficking network for prostitution.
The response of the European Community to child trafficking. 2005 (English/pdf/2Mo)
The report called «Lost Kids Lost Futures» shows the state of affairs existing in European regulations on the subject of fighting trafficking in adults and children, and formulates precise recommendations to give priority to the rights of child victims.
Minors from Romania in France. Analysis of the situation from the view of prevention. 2004 (French/pdf/200Ko)
Situation of migration to France by non-accompanied minors from Romania.
Solutions found in Albania to support child trafficking victims. 2004 (English/pdf/800Ko)
Capitalization of the experience which Terre des hommes has accumulated in Albania since 2001 during the fight against trafficking in children. Complementary to the information and recommendations given, this document takes into consideration the models of action developed by field workers.
The situation of non-accompanied minors in Switzerland. 2004 (French/pdf/200Ko)
The question of respecting child rights in view of migration and asylum politics. The particular situation of minors who leave their country of origin all alone in order to establish themselves in Switzerland.
Trafficking in Albanian children in Greece. 2003 (English/pdf/500Ko)
Inquiry and activity by Terre des hommes since 1999 in Albania and Greece, as an illustration of the trafficking in children which has developed in Europe generally. Documented information and accounts by children, families and authorities. A project awarded the Prize of Human Rights in 2002 by the French Republic.

Asia
Study of Nepalese women and girl victims of trafficking in Mumbai and Calcutta in India. 2005 (English/pdf/900Ko)
Inquiry by Terre des hommes into the situation of young Nepalese sold to brothels in Bombay and Calcutta. It shows the conditions of slavery these minors live in, as well as part of the report of what the brothel owners’ demand who engender the trafficking.
Child trafficking in Nepal. 2004 (English/pdf/200Ko)
State of affairs and strategies of the fight against a phenomenon known for several years.
Endangered Generation: Child Trafficking in the Philippines for Sexual Purposes.2005 (English/pdf/900Ko)
Result of an inquiry set up by the Netherlands' section of Terre des hommes.
Sweet Hazards. Child labor on sugarcane plantations in the Philippines. 2005 (English/pdf/300Ko)
Child trafficking in Southeast Asia. 2004 (English/pdf/100Ko)
Result of an inquiry set up by the Netherlands' section of Terre des hommes.

Africa
Landlords - traffickers or protectors 2007. (French/pdf/400Ko)
This booklet throws light on the role and responsibility of landlords of young female domestic workers in Burkina Faso, as well as on the girls themselves, according to their personal experiences.
Mike Dottridge and Olivier Feneyrol, Action to strengthen indigenous child protection mechanisms in West Africa to prevent migrant children from being subjected to abuse, 2007 (English/pdf/140Kb)
The article aims to suggest ‘alternative’ ways of preventing children from being trafficked, as conventional approaches in West Africa are flawed. The alternatives ways are build on practices which have strong legitimacy at local/popular level, rather than imposing ‘top down’. The article advocates for a model of prevention based on indigenous practices, community participation and protection mechanisms.
Little hands in stone quarries: an inquiry into child exploitation between Benin and Nigeria. 2005 (French/pdf/800Ko)
Two years after the discovery of children exploited in the Abeokuta (Nigeria) stone quarries, the inquiry report and lessons learned for the future.
The child domestic servants of Burkina Faso: trafficking or migration? 2003 (French/pdf/200Ko)
Report on cases of young girls brought from Sourou to be employed as domestic servants in Ouagadougou. Grounds for thought on questions linked to the trafficking of children and child migration.


Technical documentation
A handbook on planning projects to prevent child trafficking, IFTDH, 2006 (English/pdf/852Kb)
This handbook focuses on ways in which child trafficking can be prevented. It looks in particular at activities which are organised as projects or programmes, but also comments more generally on what actions are likely to be effective in preventing children from being trafficked. It is presented as a handbook so that project designers can follow it as they go, step by step, through the process of developing activities to prevent children from being trafficked.
Documentation and contacts on the subject of trafficking. 2003 (English/pdf/100Ko)
Directory of links on the subject of trafficking, legislation, reports and articles, contacts to the principal organizations.
International legislation 2004 (English/ZIP-html)
This document is compiled of international legal texts developed for the fight against child trafficking: international and regional agreements, plus directives from several UN agencies.