Int’l Assembly Adopts Smith Resolution to Educate Children on Human Trafficking Threat
1 in 4 Trafficking Victims Are Children
Teaching children to recognize, resist and report any attempt to recruit or coerce them into human trafficking
WASHINGTON, DC—An international parliamentary assembly of leading lawmakers from 54 countries today unanimously adopted an anti-human trafficking initiative authored by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-New Jersey) to further protect children by teaching them about the risks of human trafficking.
Smith offered his “Educating Schoolchildren to Avoid Human Trafficking” resolution at the 28th Annual Session of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCEPA) held in Luxemburg July 4-9th and attended by more than 250 international, voting lawmakers including a bipartisan delegation of 17 representing the United States. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 8th, 2019 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Smith, Monmouth County | Tags: Congressman Chris Smith, Frederick Douglas Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act, Human Trafficking, Kenneth Morris, Press Release | Comments Off on Int’l Assembly Adopts Smith Resolution to Educate Children on Human Trafficking Threat