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Office for Migration ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** The Protection
Project - The Paul H. www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/bolivia.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Women and
children are trafficked from In July 2000,
Bolivian nationals trafficked 24 Bolivian girls to ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT
Country Monitoring Report [PDF] ECPAT International,
2006 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Global_Monitoring_Report-BOLIVIA.pdf [accessed 26 August
2020] [SPANISH] Desk review of
existing information on the sexual exploitation of children (SEC) in Bolivia.
The report looks at protection mechanisms, responses, preventive measures,
child and youth participation in fighting SEC, and makes recommendations for
action against SEC. Human
Rights Reports » 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, March 10, 2020 www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bolivia/ [accessed 23 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - Commercial sexual exploitation of children is
punishable with 15- to 20-year prison sentences but remained a serious
problem. The law also prohibits child pornography, punishable with 10- to
15-year sentences. 2018 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor Office of Child
Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking, Bureau of International Labor
Affairs, US Dept of Labor, 2019 www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ILAB/child_labor_reports/tda2018/ChildLaborReportBook.pdf [accessed 22 August
2020] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor [page 211 The cultural
practice known as padrinazgo, which involves rural
families sending their children to urban areas to live with individuals for
better access to education, social services, and food, often leads to forced
labor, including in domestic work and third party businesses. Girls, on
average age 14, were found to be engaged in commercial sexual exploitation in
El Alto. (11) Bolivian children are also smuggled to other countries, where
they are vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation. (21) The government does not have a system in place
to track data on forced child labor, commercial sexual exploitation of
children, or engagement of children in illicit activities. (11) Working
wonders for kids Cristina Uzal, United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bolivia_1871.html [accessed 6 April
2011] On average, Maria
sees about 20 cases a day with problems ranging from child abuse, paternal or
maternal neglect, family assistance claims and
numerous cases of exploitation and child prostitution. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 28 January 2005 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/bolivia2005.html [accessed 23 January
2011] [63] The Committee
is concerned about the extent of sexual exploitation and trafficking of
children for this or other purposes, in particular economic exploitation, in
the State party and about the lack of effective programs to address this
problem. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Action Canada for
Population and Development ACPD in partnership with the International Programme on Reproductive and Sexual Health Law at the
University of Toronto, "3rd edition of The Application of Human Rights
To Reproductive & Sexual Health: A Compilation of the Work of
International Human Rights Treaty Bodies", August 2005 -- ISBN:
0-9689549-4-4 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/esc/bolivia2001.html [accessed 6 April
2011] [42] The Committee
urges the State party to address the problems and shortcomings facing
children and affecting their welfare, beginning with the varied types of
child exploitation such as the trafficking of children, their sexual
exploitation and domestic maltreatment. Five Years After
Stockholm [PDF] ECPAT: Fifth Report
on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC] ECPAT International,
November 2001 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/five_years_after_stockholm.pdf [accessed 13
September 2011] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – BOLIVIA – Attempts to coordinate efforts to address CSEC in
Bolivia were initiated with the establishment of the Committee for the Fight
against Sexual Violence against Children and Adolescents (Comité
de Lucha contra la Violencia
Sexual en Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes) in
December 2000. The Committee known as “COLCOVIS” includes government
departments, international organizations and NGOs. The Congregation of the
Sisters of the Adoration (Congregación de las
Hermanas Adoratrices) is carrying out work in the
areas of prevention, rehabilitation and reintegration. The Sisters run three
homes in the cities of Rights
of the Child in Nathalie Perroud for the Committee on the Rights of the Child,
38th session, www.crin.org/docs/resources/treaties/crc.38/Bolivia_ngo_report_OMCT1.doc [accessed 6 April
2011] In FIU
Student Fights Child Prostitution in Florida Department
of Education, "Success Stories" www.zoominfo.com/p/Kelsey-Vaughan/507249121 [accessed 30
December 2014] "I've always
been interested in social issues, and this was one that needed to be
addressed. Through my research and personal inspection I found girls as young
as six living in brothels under abusive conditions," she said. Not content to merely study the matter and
write reports, Few
Union Rights, Widespread Child Labor And Extreme Poverty In Workers
Revolutionary Party, 4 November 2005 www.wrp.org.uk/news/523 [accessed 6 April
2011] Child prostitution remains
a problem, with related law being poorly enforced and police raids
ineffective and easily avoided. Internationally-Recognized
Core Labour standards in Bolivia International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions ICFTU, Report for the WTO
General Council Review of the Trade Policies of Boliiva www.docstoc.com/docs/44599423/INTERNATIONALLY-RECOGNISED-CORE-LABOUR-STANDARDS-IN-BOLIVIA [accessed 12
Aug 2013] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - The Ministry of
Labour does not enforce child labour provisions. Minimal governmental
resources are devoted to investigating child labour cases. As a result,
UNICEF reports that the worst forms of child labour - such as mining, sugar
cane harvesting and sexual exploitation – persist in the country. Child prostitution
remains a problem, with related law being poorly enforced and police raids
ineffective and easily avoided. Code
for Children and Adolescents CCA United Nations
Children's Fund UNICEF www.unicef.org/bolivia/legislation_1450.htm [accessed 12
Aug 2013] Since the approval
of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by the U.N.
General Assembly, in November of 1989, and the promulgation of a new
Code for Children and Adolescents (CCA) in Regional
Governmental Congress on Sexual Exploitation of Children [PDF] Mary Del Carmen
Arias Paz, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Bolivia www.iin.oas.org/Congreso%20Explotation%20Sexual/BOLIVIA_ing.PDF [accessed 19
November 2016] ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** Human Rights Reports
» 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61717.htm [accessed 7 February
2020] CHILDREN - Child
prostitution was a problem, particularly in urban areas and in the Chapare region. There were reports of children trafficked
for forced labor to neighboring countries. The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/bolivia.htm [accessed 23 January
2011] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Some children are known to work as indentured domestic
laborers and prostitutes. Children are reportedly trafficked internally to
urban or border areas for commercial sexual exploitation. It is also reported
that children and adolescents are trafficked internally within All
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