ANNEXE 1

USEFUL ADDRESSES

Belgium

Child pornography point of contact of Criminal Police

Unlike the two points of contact mentioned below, the child pornography point of Criminal Police is official and national. It is put at the disposal of the public by the Brussels' Criminal Police.

email : contact@gpj.be
URL : http ://www.gpj.be/
Tél. : 070/23.33.38

Certain Computer Crime Units specialize in the offences committed with computers.

Fax : 02/511.79.22PJ Bruxelles - Tél : 02/508.75.77
PJ Anvers - Tél : 03/240.14.01.

* Initials for the French Police Judiciaire, Criminal Police in English.

ECPAT - Belgium

ECPAT, End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism, is a network of organizations and individuals working together for the elimination of child prostitution, child pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes. It seeks to encourage the world community to ensure that children everywhere enjoy their fundamental rights, free and secure from all forms of commercial sexual exploitation.

Katlijn Declercq (permanente) et Bert Van Mulders
c/o Broederlijk Delen
Rue des Tanneurs, 165
1000 Bruxelles
Tél. : 02/502 57 00
Fax : 02/502 81 01
email : br.delen@pophost.eunet.be

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Danielle Van Kerkhoven et Karl Wintgens (ECPAT volunteers)
c/o Entraide et Fraternité
Rue du Gouvernement Provisoire 32
1000 Bruxelles
Tél. : 02/219 19 83
Fax : 02/217 32 59

Délégué général aux droits de l'enfant et à l'aide à la jeunesse

(Claude Lelièvre)

The 10 July 1991 order of the Government of French Community institutes the dŽlŽguŽ gŽnŽral aux droits de l'enfant et ˆ l'aide ˆ la jeunesse (DGDE)(general delegate for children's rights and youth aid). His general task is to ensure the respect of children and the rights and interests of young people, by informing people, controlling, formulating and receiving information. His powers of interpellation and investigation allow him to directly head his own investigation.

WTC Tour 1
Boulevard Emile Jacqmain, 162, bte 42
1000 Bruxelles
Tél. : 02/203 07 42 (8-18h) ou 02/203 07 75 (answering machine after 18.00)
Fax : 02/203 06 32
email : dgde@internem.be
URL : http://www.internem.be/dgde

Institut Belge des Postes et Télécommunications (IBPT)

Minister di Rupo suggests that the IBPT (Belgian Institute of Posts and Telecommunications) should be recognized as the co-ordination and decision centre in the matter of unlawful information found on the Internet. This suggestion is still under consideration.

Institut Belge des Postes et Télécommunications (IBPT)
Rue de l’Astronomie, 14
1030 Bruxelles
Tél. : 02/ 226 88 88
Fax : 02/ 223 11 28

Ecoute-Enfants

Ecoute Enfants is a service which answers by phone the questions of children, adolescents and every person wondering and worrying about himself or possibly someone else. Set up by the Province of Namur, it is currently organized by the administration of the Aide ˆ la Jeunesse and of the Provinces of Namur and Luxembourg. The team, composed of professionals in relations, is at the public's disposal from Monday to Friday, 8.30 to 22.00, to listen, hear, help the caller in his/her reflection and/or difficulty. Anonymity is totally respected: indeed, it is completely impossible to determine the origin of calls.

Tél. : 0800 / 144.00 (numéro vert gratuit)
URL : http://www.internem.be/dgde/Ecoute-Enfants.html.

Office de la Naissance et de l'Enfance (ONE)

Among other actions, the ONE (Birth and Childhood Organization) set up the Action Enfance MaltraitŽe (AEM)(Abused Childhood Action) instituted by the Order of 29.04.1985. This order provides for multidisciplinary teams (Equipes SOS Enfants) and a ComitŽ d'Accompagnement de l'Action Enfance MaltraitŽe (CAEM)(Committee of Support to the Abused Childhood Action). One task of the team consists in looking after people at risk.

Avenue de la Toison d’or, 84-86
1060 Bruxelles
Tél. : 02/542.12.11
Fax : 02/537.35.03
URL : http://www.one.be
URL (SOS Enfants) : http://www.one.be/adresse.htm#enfance

Opération Marie-France Botte

Marie-France Botte has worked in South-East Asia since 1986 and fights against

the use of children for sexual purposes in this region of the world but also in Europe. In Belgium, a close co-operation between the General Delegate for children's rights and her team makes for the possibility of joint actions.

Dominique Gilles
Avenue de la Jonction, 11
1060 Bruxelles
Tél./Fax : 02/534.16.28
email : Operations.Botte@park.be
URL : http://active.park.be/operations.botte

ComitŽ belge pour l'UNICEF

Le ComitŽ belge pour l'UNICEF (the Belgian Committee for UNICEF), like the 34 other National Committees, supports UNICEF by collecting money and through activities of information, education and pleas for children.

Avenue des Arts, 20 boîte 18
1000 Bruxelles
Tél. : 02/230.59.70
Fax : 02/230.34.62
email : pec@unicef.be
URL : http://www.unicef.be

Mouvement du Nid

The Mouvement du Nid has been created to assist prostitutes, to help those who want to get out of prostitution and to lead prevention campaigns in the media and in schools.

Sophie Wirtz
Rue Hydraulique, 14
1000 Bruxelles
Tél. : 02/217 84 72

Comité "Pour nos enfants" (Association of parents of child victims of paedophilia)

Tel : 085/31 67 44

Abroad

. The Netherlands

Internet Hotline Against Child Pornography

This point of communication is the Dutch equivalent of that in Gand.

URL : http://www.meldpunt.org/

. USA

U.S. Customs Child Pornography & Protection Unit

Acts of paedophilia on the Internet can be reported to the U.S. Customs.

Tél. : 1-800-BEALERT
URL : http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/enforce/cpep.htm

National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children

The National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a private non-profit-making organization which works in collaboration with the US Department of Justice. Acts of paedophilia can be reported on the network on its Tipline:

Tél. : 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)
Fax : 1 703 235 4067
URL : http://www.missingkids.org

. Other countries

International organizations have branches in many countries. Their headquarters can be contacted to obtain the address of their branch in your country. It would be useful to draw up on the Web a list by countries of the authorities and associations which can act in this area.

International organizations

Save the Children (Norway)

The association Save the Children fights, among other things, against the expansion of paedophilia on the Internet. Like the points of contact and reporting, the Norwegian site allows acts of paedophilia committed on the Internet to be reported. The association will contact the Norwegian authorities who will transmit the information to the proper international authorities.courrier électronique :

children@risk.sn.no
URL : http://childhouse.uio.no/redd_barna

For information about national branches of Save the Children:

ISCA Secretariat
Rue de Lausanne, 147
CH-1202 Geneva
Tél. : (41) 22 731 70 16
Fax : (41) 22 738 08 58
URL : http://www.oneworld.org/scf

ECPAT International

ECPAT is a network of Asian and non-Asian organizations which worry about growing child prostitution and pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes in Asian countries and others.

328 Phaya Thai Road
Bangkok 10400
Thailand
Tél. : (66) 2 215 33 88
Fax : (66) 2 215 82 72
email : ecpatbkk@ksc15.th.com
URL : http://www.rb.se/ecpat

UNICEF International

UNICEF International improves children's life in 144 countries by providing for vital needs in order that they enjoy the right to survival, development and protection, whether they are victims of poverty or conflicts.

URL : http://www.unicef.org

United Nations

The United Nations have a division specialized in crime prevention and criminal justice.

Ralph Krech
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division
United Nations Office at Vienna
Tel. : (431) 21345-4283
Fax : (431) 21345-5898