On Friday, the humanitarian blockchain summit held in New York announced the news and said that UNOPS and the UN Office of Information and Communications Technology (UN-OICT) will also participate in the pilot project .
The statement released said that if the digital identity is stored in the blockchain, "the chances of seizing the traffickers will be greatly increased." In addition, storing identity data in a tamper-proof block chain will make child trafficking more "traceable and preventative".
According to Dr. Mariana Dahan, co-founder and CEO of WIN, children under the age of five who are "unknown" and do not have a birth certificate are at risk of falling into the hands of traffickers. These children are often missed by social programs provided by the government or development agencies.
She added: "Some developing countries are actively looking for more effective ways to stop the trafficking of children, and identification has always been at the heart of the solution."
Traffickers use fake ID documents to transport adolescents across borders who are eventually forced to engage in serious illicit activities, including sexual transactions and illegal human organ transactions.
Yannick Glemarec, deputy executive director of the UN Women's Organization, said: "Child trafficking is one of the biggest violations of human rights."
She went on to say that the blockchain was a "potentially powerful" technology that could be used to solve the problem and potentially save "millions of children."
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