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Para 66) In 2022, Brazil also played a prominent role in the WePROTECT Global Alliance (WPGA). The initiative, established in 2016, aims at creating a strong global network against online abuse and sexual exploitation of children and adolescents, having become, in 2020, an independent non-profit institution, funded by private philanthropic foundations. Currently, 98 governments are members of the WePROTECT Global Alliance, as well as 45 private companies, 46 civil society organizations and 9 international institutions. The most recent Global Summit, in June 2022, allowed for the sharing of good practices and lessons learned, having resulted in reaching an agreement on collaborative solutions that reaffirmed the commitments of the Alliance’s members to taking the necessary measures to fight sexual exploitation in the digital world.
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UN Compilation
UN Compilation
Para 33) The United Nations country team highlighted that Brazil had adopted the third national plan to combat human trafficking in 2018, which was in line with its existing antitrafficking law and national policy. However, the country team noted that anti-trafficking legislation still lacked provisions criminalizing child sex trafficking without elements of force, fraud or coercion.