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Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - Although child prostitution was not
widespread, it was a problem. As a result of the government's 2004 campaign
to prevent child prostitution, the public appeared more aware of the problem,
and increased reporting was evident. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2002 [27] The Committee reiterates its
satisfaction for the numerous measures taken by the State party to combat the
sexual exploitation and trafficking of children. It is nevertheless concerned
that trafficking for the purposes of sexual or other exploitation is still a
problem. Prostitution of
Belgian children [37] Despite the very different
circumstances that lead these children, Belgian, immigrant or ECPAT:
Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Squalid
Road That Leads To Belgium Children are being lured from
poverty to horror in the heart of The trafficking of adults and
minors for sexual exploitation has been of growing concern to Belgium for the
past decade and has become a priority for the police and the judiciary alike. WHY BELGIUM? - “Most of those destined for
prostitution are young women between the ages of 21 and 30 and teenage girls
under the age of 18.” SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY - Given Belgium's level of
development, the entry into prostitution of Belgian children cannot be
imputed to economic necessity. For
those who become involved with some degree of "voluntariness,"
the causes include violence and sexual abuse, or emotional neglect and
indifference, in the home from a young age.
Many children who suffer such abuse in the home run away around the
age of 12 or 13 and often enter prostitution shortly afterwards in order to
make some money while living on the streets.
Older children and teenagers are more likely to admit their
involvement in prostitution.
Concerning child sex tourism involving Belgians, extra-territorial
legislation was adopted in 1995 to make it possible for Belgian nationals to
be tried in Child-sex trial
shocks Belgium A man accused of raping his three
daughters and turning one of them into a prostitute has gone on trial in the
southern Belgian town of Amnesty International - Report 2004 Measures undertaken to combat
human trafficking appeared insufficient in view of reports of a continuing
increase in trafficking in women and children for sexual exploitation. ECPAT's
4th Report on Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children RECENT
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Report
On The Mission Of The Special Rapporteur - 1998 [10] In August 1996, two girls
were found alive in the house owned by Marc Dutroux,
who had been arrested a few days earlier in connection with the disappearance
of another girl. The bodies of two other young girls, who had starved to death
when Dutroux was in police custody early in 1996,
were uncovered in the backyard of his house. The authorities then revealed
that Dutroux had been released in 1992 after
serving only 3 years of a 13-year sentence for the rape of several other
female children. Police had actually visited Dutroux's
house while the girls were being held there and had not intervened even
though they had been informed in 1993 that Dutroux
had been building cells in his home, allegedly to hold girls before sending
them overseas. [12] The horrific circumstances
surrounding the arrest of Dutroux have had some
positive effects in [13] The most visible facet of
this public outcry was the "White March" on 20 October 1996, when
over 300,000 people took to the streets in protest at these events, demanding
that the Government take immediate measures to implement change. One such
measure was the creation of Child Focus, a center mandated to actively
support both the investigation of children reported missing or abducted and
cases of sexual exploitation of children. All material used herein
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