Her Excellency Dr. Moza Mohammed bin Hamrour Al Ameri, and Her Excellency Dr. Sheikha Obaid Al Tunaiji, members of the Parliamentary Division of the Federal National Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, members of the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights in the Inter-Parliamentary Union, participated in the committee meeting that was held today within the meetings of the 146th Assembly of the Union and the 211th session of the Council Governor in the Bahraini capital, Manama, and discussed the topic of the committee's next decision on "Trafficking in Orphans: The Role of Parliaments in Limiting Damage."
Her Excellency Moza Mohammed bin Hamrour Al-Amiri said in the intervention of the UAE Parliamentary Division on the issue of trafficking in orphans: The figures indicate that about 49 million people live in conditions of modern slavery for the year 2021, and we affirm that the orphan category is the weakest category, stressing that it is necessary for the next draft resolution to address Acknowledgment of the growing importance of the issue of orphan trafficking, especially in what the world is witnessing in terms of international disputes and conflicts that have led to the increase of this phenomenon, and this increases the importance of the role of parliaments, legislators and governments, especially with regard to developing legislation and laws to combat trafficking in orphans.
She added, “We must realize that orphan trafficking crimes are often dealt with in the framework of combating human trafficking, and there is no legislation dedicated to combating this scourge, and we hope that this draft resolution will contribute to shedding light on this issue, and that legislators will work to enact the necessary laws to limit its effects.” negative.
The UAE Parliamentary Division stressed the importance of addressing the causes that lead to trafficking in orphans, whether conflicts and wars, or even poor response in times of crises and natural disasters, which could lead to an increase in the number of orphans who need shelter to be protected from exploitation.
Her Excellency said: While many organizations are known as "trafficking in orphans" by actively recruiting children from vulnerable families in residential care institutions for the purpose of exploiting them financially and sexually at work, we see that trafficking in orphans may not be limited to their exploitation in care institutions, but may extend to include their sexual exploitation. Through the Internet, and this requires us, as parliamentarians, to put in place legislation that deters such practices.
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