On the “International Day for Combating Trafficking in Persons”, which falls on July 30 of each year, the international community finds itself in front of a painful fact. Children are still among the most exploitative and weak groups and the least protection in the world, as the phenomenon of exploitation of children and human trafficking witnessed a disturbing ascending after the Kofid-19 pandemic, with the number of children who were monitored by 31%. Meanwhile, the International Labor Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund estimates (UNICEF) estimates of about 138 million children suffering from child labor around the world, a number that is still high despite its decline compared to the previous estimate of 160 million children. Not only do these numbers confirm the size of the crisis
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