“ States Parties undertake to pro-tect the child from all forms ofsexual exploitation and sexualabuse……”

Article 34Of the United nations convention on the rights of the Child

Tell me the story of the Gazelle

Lea, the gazelle, lives in the savannah,

In the kingdom of the lion and the white ibis.

She is brown like the baking earth of mid-afternoon,

Frail like the blades of grass that dance to the sound of the flute,

Her eyes are black, like a night without stars.

After the storm that startled her and made her run away,

She became calm again, like the sky once more.

The gazelle is agile like the wind

That wrinkles the sand…

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The irony of words……Philosophy, Philanthropist,Theophilus, Bibliophile……. These words decline thegreek verb ‘philein’ whichmeans to love.The philosopher is wisdom’sfriend, a philanthropist isa humanist, a bibliophile

is passionate about books,Theophilus means friend ofGod. And the paedophile? Thepaedophile is “ one wholoves children ”.When this attraction degene-rates into sexual fantasyand then into physical and

psychological child abuse,the indelible consequencesare so serious that a newterm has emerged:Someone with a taste foryoung flesh, a pervertedogre, he is worse than apaedophile: he is a

paedocriminal

30 ,, One child is raped every

I am the prince of my playground.

Sand? Sand is like a dream:

It flies away with the wind,

To trap it, I shower it with water!

All damp it transforms to a castle,

And I plant my flag right at the top.

To defend myself, I hide my soldiers

and I dig a moat all around,

and with a drawbridge that no one can cross

except…..except for my princess.

The sand pit is my kingdom…

Speak to me of

the Sand

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aggressor more confident oftrapping his prey.Many paedophiles use thistechnique of chatting toinfiltrate into children’sand teenager’s chat rooms towin their confidence and sug-gest possible meetings.They also use the internet aspart of a network connectingthree types of individuals,the suppliers, the consumersand the middle men. A networkoperates in a remarkablyeffective manner without therisk of anyone being seen orrecognised.

The internet offers severalsimple ways to meet others,among them are chat rooms.Chat rooms are places whereconversation is focused onfavourite topics, and child-ren and teenagers can meetand chat spontaneously. Amongthem, some find a place ofrefuge and trust in chatrooms.A simple distraction, a natu-ral desire to form newfriendships, or just a way toget things off your chest,these multitudes of reasonsto use chat rooms, makes the

Who profits from this crime?Prostitution, kidnapping,video material and sexualtourism are today part of aconsiderable and lucrativemarket. A child is boughtand sold for anything between$20 and $20,000. One childin every five is approachedfor an unsolicited meeting.If these networks know how toembed themselves so effecti-vely, why don't we reallyorganise ourselves effective-ly to fight against

cyberpaedocriminality ?

( from Interpol sources )

. 19billion$ The Annual Turnover of the Child Industry :

Tellprincessme

I am the fairy princess Milareva

My thoughts turn and turn again

I have a magic horse that takes me to the sky

I light up the stars and then…..

Swiftly I slip them into my night-cap

Sssh! The wind didn’t see me

From under his feathered mantel

I am the fairy princess Milareva

My giggles are like pearls and I make them

Into necklaces, singing at the top of my

voiceDo, re, me, fa, so, la, ti, do…

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On the 18th and 19th ofJanuary 1999, UNESCObrought together interna-tional experts for a global conference on childsex abuse, child pornogra-phy and paedophilia on theInternet. Together, theydevised an action planwhich highlighted ways inwhich to combat all typesof child abuse, particularly sexual.

15th April 1999:On the initiative ofFrederico Mayor, the thenDirector General of UNES-CO, an international committee assembled tolaunch this action plan.Homayru Sellier was elected president.She decided to bring together industrialists,internet specialists,lawyers, political, econo-mic and media decision

makers working towardsalerting world opinion to,and taking direct actionagainst, the plague ofpaedocriminality and moreprecisely cyberpaedocriminality.For this reason, in April2000, the independentassociation

Innocence in Danger,mobilising citizens world-wide, was created.

10 million children world-wide are forced into prostitutionUNICEF

Joyful and carefree, fragile and innocent,

Can you see mine as it tries to reach you?

With my hand, I will show you the water of streams,

The wind, the rain and sunlight,

I will teach you to draw wild, fantastic dreams

If shadows make it dark, if they forewarn of the

storm Don’t be afraid, I am here,

My hand will always know how to guide

yours

Together we will rediscover joy.

Your

Hand…

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1Mobilise:to combine and coordinate

- Human Resources: policemen, magistrates,legislators, journalistsand the media, NGO’s andmedics for their abilityto decide, inform andexpose abuse.- Technological resources:IT professionals for theirinventiveness in counte-racting the methods used

by paedocriminals ( Filtering and tracingsoftware)- Financial resources:Donors of both moral andphysical support, publicand private institutionsfor their indispensablesupport for the activitiesof Innocence in Danger.

Innocence in Danger makesit an absolute priority to intervene before the crime.

To increase awareness:to inform and to warnTo Inform and alert families, children, educationalists, teachersand institutions, usingall appropriate means,about the numerous trapsthat a paedocriminal setsto achieve his ends.

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are victims every year

Bienvenue sur le site

de Robin des Bois,

le club des amis de la forêt

Are you coming?

- Hi Marie, it’s Max. For several days you’ve been chatting with the friends of the

forest on the Robin Hood site. Do you want to meet us?

- It’s easy. Can I meet you tomorrow?

- Where is your school?

- Will you be alone?

- I’ll be wearing jeans and a black jacket. What about you?

- Welcome to the Wednesday walk with Robin Hood, Marie. I promise I’ll be there tomor-

row with a lovely surprise for you.

- How?

- Yes! I leave school at mid-day.

- It’s the Jaques Prévert School, in front of the station.

- Yes

- Pink jeans and a green rucksack.

- Great! See you tomorrow Max!

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.200.000sites uncovered across the world(Estimate for 2002. 23,000 sites in 1995)

Innocence in Danger reactswith humanity and compassion but also withdetermination after a crime.

children as soon as thefacts are known.This support which can lastfor years, aims to give vic-tims the chance to rebuildtheir lives.

Companionship:supporting and defending

Teams from Innocence InDanger give psychological,medical, legal, and finan-cial support to abused

United NationsArticle 34 Of the United NationsInternational Convention on the rightsof the ChildStates Parties undertake to protect thechild from all forms of sexual exploi-tation and sexual abuse. For these pur-poses, States Parties shall in particulartake all appropriate national, bilate-ral and multilateral measures to pre-vent: (a) The inducement or coercion of a childto engage in any unlawful sexual acti-vity (b) The exploitative use of children inprostitution or other unlawful sexual

United NationsArticle 34 Of the United NationsInternational Convention on the rights ofthe ChildStates Parties undertake to protect the childfrom all forms of sexual exploitation andsexual abuse. For these purposes, StatesParties shall in particular take all appro-priate national, bilateral and multilateralmeasures to prevent: (a) The inducement or coercion of a child toengage in any unlawful sexual activity (b) The exploitative use of children in prosti-tution or other unlawful sexual practices (c) The exploitative use of children in porno-graphic performances and materials.

A Few of Innocence inDanger Achievements

Web site: www. Innocenceendanger.orgAll the latest information aboutthe fight against paedocriminality.

Poster CampaignsIn the Parisian Metro as well as in other large towns acrossFrance. January and February 2001

School presentations To introduce children to secureinternet connection:- with an educational forum “Giga la Vie” organised by theHauts de Seine Council- with a cybervillage organised byChambéry Council.

Publications_ InnocenceEnDanger.Com

Editions Plon, February 2003_ Enfance massacrée

( childhood destroyed )Editions Raphael, April 2003

Official ConferencesOn the sexual abuse of minors:_ in France

In Paris on 26th September 2002at the National Assembly and inthe Senate on the 20th November2003 under the patronage of Mr. Jacques Chirac_ in Switzerland

With canton police forces“The prevention of paedocriminalityon the internet” in Lugano on 23rd

October 2002“Dismantling a paedophile network”in Avanches on 7th

December 2002

A F e w o f I n n o c e n c e i n

_ in Italy

Under the patronage of thePresident of the Council ofMinistersIn Rome on the 14th May 2002_ in the United States

To the International HumanitarianCommittee on the sexual exploi-tation of children in Washingtonon 29th January 2002 and to theinternational society for the prevention of the abuse and mistreatment of children inDenver from 7th to 10th July 2002_ in Portugal

2nd April 2003 _ in Great Britain

In London on 17th April 2003_ in Monaco

23rd April 2003_ in Brazil

5th June 2003_ in Germany

In Berlin 20th September 2003

To increase awareness: to inform and to warn

D a n g e r A c h i e v e m e n t s

Mobilise : combine and coordinate

Worldwide ReachInnocence in Danger committeesare already operational in France,Switzerland, Italy, Portugal,Germany, England and the UnitedStates. There are also branches in23 other countries.

Popular DemonstrationsCoordinating the annual “MarchesBlanches” in Paris, Geneva, Bernand New York and a variety ofother destinations.

Solidarity : to support and defend

The moral, psychological, legal and material support of children.Support for the fight against paedocriminal networks on the Internet.

The setting up of a telephone helpline:+33(0)146423210

Partnerships - With associations and companiesin order to create specialised pro-grams for filtering, parental control,cross checking of photographs andtracing.- With lawyers and doctors- With other associations who defend children's rights.

Innocence in Danger

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30 countries worldwide

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Contributing to having ratified andput into force both the protocol onInternet crime drawn up by theCouncil of Europe and theInternational Convention on theRights of the Child.

Demanding of public authoritiesthat individuals condemned of pae-dophile crimes be automatically sub-ject to medical supervision and per-manently barred from working withchildren.

Promoting the drafting and imple-mentation of a statute which esta-blishes both the status of a victimfor abused children, taking accountof their right to give evidence, andthe right of protection for thosewho report such abuses.

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Our priorities with your help

The international harmonisation ofthe age of majority and the condi-tions for cross border pursuit.

The introduction into the schoolcurriculum of training to help child-ren and adolescents to becomeaware and responsible Internetusers.

Establishing the same sanctions forcrimes against children as those forcrimes against humanity.

Creating worldwide databases oflost children and paedocriminalswith DNA profiles.

We need your help to implement these priorities

thanks to your contr ibutions

We need your help to implement these prioritiesInnocence in Danger is an independent associationwhich only survives

Innocence in Danger- Bank account: Credit Lyonnais 30002.06432.079161E.79

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