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Action pour les Enfants (APLE)

Address

#19, Street 318
Sangkat Tuol Svay Prey
Khan Chamkar Morn, Phnom Penh

Contact Information

If calling from Cambodia:

Tel: 01 25 84194

If calling from overseas:

Tel: +855 125 84194

Website

http://www.aplecambodia.org/

Email

info@aplecambodia.org

Activities

Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE), Cambodia is a non-governmental human rights organization established to combat the sexual exploitation of children. APLE seeks to monitor the prevalence of child sexual abuse in Cambodia and denounce such abuse to the relevant authorities.

APLE's lawyers provide pro bono legal advice and representation to child victims of sexual abuse and their families, whilst their social workers provide access to counselling and social rehabilitation to child victims. APLE further contributes to the global efforts to combat the causes and effects of child sexual abuse through research and advocacy.

Monitoring and Investigation

APLE investigators conduct undercover investigations, intelligence gathering and monitoring activities in order to collect evidence to rescue victims and prosecute perpetrators of child sexual exploitation. These activities include:

Operating investigative teams and liaising with informants
Investigating cases of suspected child sexual abuse to obtain evidence
Monitoring suspicious persons or persons previously convicted of child sex offences on a referral basis
Collaborating with and referring intelligence to the Cambodian and foreign law enforcement officials

Legal protection and policy

APLE lawyers work to provide legal support to child victims of sexual exploitation and bring judicial accountability to their perpetrators. This is done by:

Providing free and impartial legal representation and advice to child victims of street-based sexual exploitation and their families
Monitoring cases as they travel through the Cambodian legal system and thereafter reporting whether the correct legal procedure was followed.
Creating understanding of the issues involved in prosecuting foreign child sex offenders in Cambodia and enhancing relationships with foreign law enforcement and international organizations through education, advocacy and awareness raising activities
Increasing the international response to traveling child sex offenders in Cambodia, including improved implementation of cross-jurisdictional legislation and agreement

APLE operates the ‘PROTECT’ project in Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville and Siem Reap, in Cambodia. The PROTECT project was started in 2003 in order to protect Cambodian children from child sex offenders. Since its inception, the project has focused on street-based child sexual exploitation.