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Search for Missing Children - Select Gender,
Country (Benin), and Years Missing U.S. Dept
of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - CHILD
LABOR LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT - It is illegal to prostitute a minor in Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – Child
prostitution mainly involved girls whose poor families urged them to become
prostitutes to provide income. Some children were abused sexually by teachers
who sought sex for better grades and lured to exchange sex for money by older
men who acted as their "protectors." Unlike in previous years,
there were no reports of sexual tourism or reports that adult males preferred
young girls because they were viewed as less demanding and less likely to
have HIV/AIDS. NGOs and international organizations organized assistance to
child prostitution victims and worked on prevention programs. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2006 [DOC] [69] The Committee welcomes the inter-ministerial order
penalizing sexual violence in schools, but it expresses its concern at reports
of sexual abuse and exploitation of children and regrets the lack of
information in the State party report on the scope of the problem and
measures taken to combat these practices.
While welcoming the adoption of the Code on Persons and the Family
which sets the legal age for marriage for boys and girls at 18, the Committee
regrets the lack of clarity on the legal minimum age of sexual consent as
there is no provision to this effect in the State party’s domestic
legislation. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 1999 [32] The absence of adequate
information, including disaggregated statistical data, on the situation of
sexual exploitation of children is a matter of concern for the Committee. In
the light of article 34 and other related articles of the Convention, the
Committee recommends that the State party undertake studies with a view to
designing and implementing appropriate policies and measures, including care
and rehabilitation, to prevent and combat the sexual exploitation of
children. It also recommends that the State party reinforce its legislative
framework to fully protect children from all forms of sexual abuse or
exploitation, including within the family. It is also recommended that the
State party consider the ratification of the Convention for the Suppression
of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of
Others of 1949. ECPAT:
Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Report
by Special Rapporteur [DOC] [28] Action to combat trafficking has been
mobilized since the well-publicized case in April 2001 of the Etireno, a Nigerian-registered ship thought to be
carrying some 200 children from SEX
TOURISM - Child sex
tourism has also been reported in ECPAT:
Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes WEST
AFRICA - There have also been reports on
the trafficking of children for sexual purposes from HUMAN
RIGHTS - The major
human rights issues noted for UNICEF Briefing on Trafficking
in Children to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus SOUTH
ASIA - Benin's first
village committees were created in August 1999 in the sub-prefectures of Ze, Dogbo and Agbangnizoun in the south of the country - the area most
affected by child trafficking There are now more than 170 committees carrying
out a range of activities, most of which are believed to have an impact on
trafficking. These Committees raise community awareness, report cases of
sexual or other abuse of children by assigning a Committee who keeps a close
count on the number of children in the village. In addition, the Committee
contacts the police immediately when a child is discovered to be missing, and
monitors the re-integration of children who return to their villages. All material used herein
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