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IIIPARTFINAL REPORTDevelopment of a Child Rights Methodology to Identify and Support Child Victims of TraffickingMETHODOLOGICALFRAMEWORK No. 9Table of ProceduresIN-DEPTH INTERVIEW ON THE CHILD’S EXPERIENCEFirst stepThe interviewer will start the interview, in the respect of the indications presented inthe above tables. He/she will present himself/herself to the child and will discussabout his/her experience in interviewing children. He/she will also introduce otherprofessionals who may be present in the course of the interview.Interviewing the childThe interviewer is aware of the indicators of identification informing the presumptionthat the child is a victim of trafficking. He/she also has gathered the opinion ofother professionals that have come in contact with the child.A checklist of questions is available, selected on the basis of an individual case assessment.If personal data and social history information was not collected in the initial interviewor when the child was detected, the interviewer will seek to obtain it at this stage.Specific questions will be asked in relation to the indicators already identified. Furtherquestions will be asked to gain additional knowledge on topics raised in the interview bythe child.If it is in the child’s best interest, the interviewer will focus the discussion only on alimited number of topics and will postpone further questioning.Topics to be coveredThis table describes what professionals should do in the differentsteps of the interview and also provide a list of topics to becovered and examples of checklists.Indications given shall be considered with flexibility. Nationalstakeholders shall take into consideration and add any elementthat although not suggested under the AGIS methodology, mightbe relevant to include in their national or local context.FINAL REPORTDevelopment of a Child Rights Methodology to Identify and Support Child Victims of Trafficking3. How much money do you earn daily? Haveyou been asked to reach a certain dailyamount?4. Do you keep the money for yourself or doyou give it to someone else?5. Can you describe your working day?ProstitutionExample of checklist:1. How long have you been conducting thisactivity?2. Do you follow any directions on how toconduct your work?3. Can you choose your clients?4. How do you ensure you earn enough to takecare of your needs?5. Can you describe your working day?Illegal activitiesExample of checklist:1. How long have you been conducting thisactivity?2. Do you follow any directions regarding theactivity to be conducted?3. Have you been travelling within the country?4. Who are the persons you refer to?5. Is there any group you belong to?6. Have you reached any agreement withmembers of these groups - sharing ofresponsibilities, management of income...7. Have you ever been stopped by the policebecause of your activities?8. Is there any person you go to if you needsupport?9. What do you do in your spare time?D) THREATS AND COERCIONto the location where the activity isconducted, money the child is forced to raise,management of the income obtained.Objective:• to gather information on the activity.Objective:• to gather information on the activity, transferwithin the national territory, relations withgroups (including criminal groups), relationswith other persons, involvement in the penalcircuit.IIIPARTA) PERSONAL SITUATION BEFORE AND DURING ENTRY TO THE COUNTRY,AND IN THE COUNTRY OF DESTINATIONExample of checklist:1. Did your family know you were travelling?Did someone help you arrange your travel?2. How long did the journey take? Where wereyou during that time?3. Did you have enough to eat and drink?4. Who did you travel with?Objective:• to gather information on the country and areaof origin, family, reasons of the child’sdeparture, living conditions during the journey,persons involved;• to identify elements to classify the situation astrafficking.Example of checklist:1. Did someone ask you to perform thisactivity? Who was it and why did they askyou?2. Where were you contacted? Were anypromises made to you?3. Have you received any training prior toperforming the activity?4. Can you move freely? Are there any rules youhave to respect?5. Are you scared of anything or anyone?6. What would you like to do in this situation?Objective:• where possible, to follow up on informationalready given by the child and gatherinformation on forms of recruitment,(including persons involved, informationreceived) training received, physical orpsychological threats, agreements reached withthe exploiter, personal freedom, reaction tothe described situation, relations with theexploiter or any other person mentioned,concerns, threats of reprisal.B) LIVING CONDITIONSE) PERCEPTION OF THE SITUATIONExample of checklist:1. Do you have any family in the country? Who?2. Do you pay for your accommodation? Whatis it like?3. How much money do you earn every week?Is it enough?4. What do you do during the day?Objective:• to gather information on living conditions inthe country of destination;(persons involved, accommodation, dailyactivities conducted, network/s providingsupport to the child - if at all).1. What is it like to beg? Objective:• to gather information on how the childperceives his/her situation.F) FUTURE PLANS AND EXPECTATIONSC) MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE (availability of economic resources)Begging1. What do your parents think of your situation?What would they like for you to do? Is thatwhat you want to do?Objective:• to gather information on the child’sexpectations regarding his/her future (incl.feeling that an agreement has to be respected,involvement of relatives.72Example of checklist:1. Since when have you been involved in begging?2. Is there any adult you meet daily in this activity?Objective:• to gather information on the duration of theactivity, persons involved, means of transport73
IIIPARTFINAL REPORTDevelopment of a Child Rights Methodology to Identify and Support Child Victims of TraffickingG) RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT (immediate and in the long term)1. Are you afraid that someone is going to hurtyou?2. Is there anything more you want to know?3. Do you know what you want to do now?Objective:• to assess the child’s perception of his/herpersonal security or the security of otherpersons related to him/her;• to know if the child already received supportand useful information to allow them to makeinformed decisions about their future;• to understand whether the child has an ideaabout what direction their future will take.Concluding the interviewThe interviewer should summarise the information gathered in the interview,expressing an initial opinion on the options available to the child to ensure theirprotection, who should be given the opportunity to express their views. The interviewershould then give the child an overview of the immediate procedure that will be followed.Finally, the interviewer should stress again that any action taken is in his/her best interestand that his/her protection is a priority.FINAL REPORTDevelopment of a Child Rights Methodology to Identify and Support Child Victims of Trafficking8. National seminarsOver the months from September to November 2007, 4 national seminars wereorganised in the four project countries, bringing together relevant stakeholdersworking in the field of child trafficking, including, law enforcement agents, NGOrepresentatives, the judiciary and public institutions 41 .In these occasions, the AGIS methodology of identification and support of child victimswas discussed with the participants, with a view to sharing knowledge and expertise.Furthermore, thanks to the valuable support and feedback received by the participants,the methodology was eventually improved.In the seminars the methodology was presented to the participants by the various projectofficers while experts from law enforcement agencies, NGOs, the judiciary andinstitutions, were invited to provide specific comments. In addition, during workinggroups the participants were given the opportunity to discuss the methodology in furtherdetail.In particular, the following topics were covered:• the identification of profiles and development of indicators for the identification ofchild victims of trafficking;• child rights principles applicable to procedures for cooperation between stakeholderson identification and support; recommendations on good practices to be followed asfar as the organisation, structure and approach towards protection and support areconcerned; methodological framework to guide the development of recommendationson operating procedures to be implemented, age assessment procedures andprocedures to assess the relations between a child and accompanying adults;• ethical and methodological principles applicable during interviews of child victims andpresumed victims of trafficking.IIIPARTConclusions on these topics were then presented and discussed in plenary.The project coordinator provided support and, where needed, clarification on theobjective and contents of the methodology.Furthermore, as mentioned in section 7.1 of this report, a specific protocol for theidentification and support of child victims of trafficking was developed by Save theChildren Italy. At the seminar organised in Rome, the protocol was presented as anexample of an exhaustive tool for identifying and supporting child victims developed byusing the AGIS methodology.Similarly, by using the AGIS methodology, the other project partners developed tablesof profiles and lists of indicators of trafficking that were presented and discussed at theirseminars.7441The full programmesof the 4 nationalseminars are availableon the projectpartners’ websites.75
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