Expert Roundtable Discussion On Online Child Safety and The Importance of ISPs’ Participation to Child Protection
Phnom Penh – 5 December 2016, APLE Cambodia in collaboration with International Child Redress Project (ICRP) organized an Expert Roundtable Discussion: “Online Child Safety and The Importance of ISPs’ Participation to Child Protection.” The main objectives of the discussion are to provide overview on the nature of online child sexual exploitation in Cambodia and the […]
Conviction of serial child molester at center of federal appeals case to set him free
The arrest of Richard A. Schmidt, a serial child molester from Maryland, was touted more than a decade ago as a major success of a law to track and punish sexual predators globally. Now a federal appeals court must decide whether Schmidt should be set free without any monitoring. Schmidt, who had been an elementary […]
57 Stakeholders Equipped With Knowledge On Child Sexual Abuse And Exploitation
Prevention is one of the main pillars of child protection. In October 2016, 32 NGO personnel and 25 confidential informants were equipped with new knowledge on child sexual abuse and exploitation online & offline through APLE training courses. The courses focused on the new modus operandi of preferential child sex offenders in luring children for […]
Voice of Survivors Could Bring Change to The World
After going through the dark experience of sexual abuse and exploitation, most survivors disperse and there is less opportunity for them to come together. For this reason, APLE’s court support team supported by ECPAT International conducted a local consultation in Phnom Penh on 10 October 2016. The aim of this gathering was to bring survivors […]
Compensation Settlement Could Bring Partial Justice To Child Victims
Paying for the damage cannot remove the injury of sexual abuse and exploitation, but of course it may partly compensate for it. Most of the time, there are compensation orders from the courts, but the actual money that the convicted criminal pays becomes rare because they have no visible money or assets or are simply […]
Nine Underage Girls Rescued
Institutional child sexual abuse and exploitation is a continuing concern in Cambodia. The majority of residential care homes and even some churches are operating without proper and legal registration. Many suspects and perpetrators who intend to target children are likely targeting such institutions. They may apply to be volunteers or full-time staff to easily and […]
Capacity Building For Partners Really Needed
In 2016, Training of Trainers (ToT) approach is the main focus of APLE Cambodia in order to strengthen the real capacity of teachers, NGO partners and other stakeholders to better protect children. In August 2016, the training team of APLE was invited to provide a one-day training course on offline and online child sexual abuse […]
Child Group Activity Could Help Children Tackle Their Stresses
Some people might think only adults have stress. In fact, everyone experiences stress, including children. The differences are only the level of stress, how to behave, and how to release stress. To help children understand all of these, on 06 September 2016 our staff arranged a child group activity with 11 child victims of sexual […]
Deportation Increases After APLE’s Tough Advocacy
Deportation order by the judges is crucial for victims and their family members as it makes them feel more secure after the completion of the imprisonment term of the convicted. To respond to this issue, APLE’s lawyers have raised up many points to the judges during the hearing and advocated with prosecutor and general prosecutor […]
With the paedophile-hunters on the streets of Phnom Penh
For 13 years, an NGO’s investigators have tracked Western, and Chinese, men who sexually exploit Cambodian children, turning dossiers over to authorities. Now it aims to step back and help police gather evidence against suspects. IT’S MID-AFTERNOON on a Saturday and the streets of Phnom Penh resemble a failed experiment in automotive anarchy as we […]
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