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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Underage sex, driven by poverty, lures paedophile
gringos to a place in the sun Louise Rimmer in Salvador Brazil, The Independent, 22
November 2003 [accessed 9 April 2011] This city, on the north-east coast
of Between 250,000 and 2 million children forced into
prostitution in Brazil Libertad Latina, Oct. 11, 2010 www.libertadlatina.org/LA_Brazils_Child_Prostitution_Crisis.htm [accessed 9 April 2011] Forced Child Prostitution in Gilberto Dimenstein,
"Forced Child Prostitution in www.libertadlatina.org/LA_Child_Sex_Auctions_Fortaleza_Brazil.htm [accessed 9 April 2011] Twelve girls--among them, Ana Meire Lima da Silva, age 15,
and Miriam Ferreira dos Along the row of brothels where
the Casa da Dalva is
located, most of the prostitutes are young girls. The reason is simple: by
age 18, a prostitute is a finished woman, eaten away by illnesses. It's
necessary, then, to bring in new labor. The garimpeiros--the
gold diggers--call women over 18 years "chickens," and younger
girls "chicks." The psychologist Maria Luiza
Pinheiro, from the Brazilian Center for Childhood
and Adolescence, frequently travels the routes of this traffic. She has often
heard the men who chase the "chicks"say,
"I had myself one of 15 kilograms (33 pounds). It was good." ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/brazil.htm [accessed 24 January 2011] CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The National Plan to Fight
Sexual Violence Against Children and Adolescents provides the policy framework
for the government’s programs to combat the commercial sexual exploitation of
children and adolescents. These efforts include initiatives to assist victims
and raise awareness. The primary program to assist child victims of
commercial sexual exploitation is the Sentinel Program, which establishes
local reference centers to provide victims with psychological, social, and
legal services. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61718.htm [accessed 24 January 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS -
According to the Child prostitution also developed
in the areas served by the country's navigable rivers, particularly in ports
and at international borders. NGOs estimated that approximately 500 thousand
children were involved in prostitution. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) - 2004 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1 October 2004 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/brazil2004.html [accessed 24 January 2011] [62] The Committee welcomes the
decision of the State party’s President, to make the fight against child
sexual exploitation a priority of his Government. However, the Committee is
deeply concerned by the wide occurrence of sexual exploitation and related
issues. Remember the child victims of sex tourism Sarah de Carvalho
et al, Sept. 27, 2010, The Guardian www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/sep/27/remember-child-victims-sex-tourism [accessed 8 April 2011] In Life on the street for these children
is grim and often punctuated by violence, drug addiction and sexual abuse.
Many girls fall pregnant by the age of 12. The statistics are heart-wrenching
– UNICEF estimates that there are as many as 250,000 child prostitutes in Welcome to Augusto Zimmermann, L.L.B., L.L.M., Ph.D.
teaches constitutional law at This paper was presented at the Criminal Law Workshop held
by the John Fleming Centre for Advancement of Legal Research at the
Australian National University College of Law, 7-9 February 2008 www.brazzil.com/articles/188-february-2008/10042.html [accessed 24 January 2011] VIOLENCE
AGAINST CHILDREN - A 2002 report from the International Labor Organization (ILO) reveals
that more than 3,000 girls from the sparsely populated state of Rondônia are subject to conditions of slavery and
prostitution. According to law, children can
only travel with the permission of their parents. But in practice, many of
them have been trafficked for prostitution. Girls from rural areas are
recruited in cities as prostitutes by strip clubs and modelling
agencies, as well as through "wanted" advertisements. Along the
coastal areas, sexual tourism involves child prostitution and is facilitated
by travel agents, hotel workers and taxi drivers. The United Nations has estimated
that around 500,000 Brazilian children are victims of sexual exploitation.
The U.N. also states that in the northern and northeastern regions,
"most sexual crimes against children and adolescents are not
investigated, and in some cases representatives of the judiciary are involved
in those cases." Over 400 arrested in Xinhua News Agency, news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/01/content_7178791.htm [accessed 9 April 2011] Reuters, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13 September 2011] Hotlines to report the crime have
been set up and have police made various arrests, including pimps on NBC Nightly News to feature American Baptist ministry Hannah Elliott, Associated Baptist Press ABP, Valley Forge
www.abpnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1697&Itemid=118 [accessed 8 April 2011] “The situation with street kids in
Many of the children suffer from
poor health and malnutrition. Because of rape and forced child prostitution,
they are often exposed to HIV/AIDS. According to the Brazilian Center for
Children and Adolescents, Brazil has more than 800,000 child prostitutes.
Drugs also run rampant among the children, who sniff glue to escape reality. Underage sex, driven by poverty, lures paedophile
gringos to a place in the sun Louise Rimmer in [accessed 9 April 2011] This city, on the north-east coast
of Forced Child Prostitution in Gilberto Dimenstein,
"Forced Child Prostitution in www.libertadlatina.org/LA_Child_Sex_Auctions_Fortaleza_Brazil.htm [accessed 9 April 2011] Twelve girls--among them, Ana Meire Lima da Silva, age 15,
and Miriam Ferreira dos Along the row of brothels where
the Casa da Dalva is
located, most of the prostitutes are young girls. The reason is simple: by
age 18, a prostitute is a finished woman, eaten away by illnesses. It's
necessary, then, to bring in new labor. The garimpeiros--the
gold diggers--call women over 18 years "chickens," and younger
girls "chicks." The psychologist Maria Luiza
Pinheiro, from the Brazilian Center for Childhood
and Adolescence, frequently travels the routes of this traffic. She has often
heard the men who chase the "chicks"say,
"I had myself one of 15 kilograms (33 pounds). It was good." Between 250,000 and 2 million children forced into
prostitution in Brazil Libertad Latina, Oct. 11, 2010 www.libertadlatina.org/LA_Brazils_Child_Prostitution_Crisis.htm [accessed 9 April 2011] The Protection Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/brazil.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Along the border between Official Brazilian sources
acknowledge that child prostitution is a growing problem within the
country. According to a January 2005
report, child prostitution rings operate in 937 municipalities throughout the
country. Nearly a third of those rings are located in poor areas of the
northeast. Truck drivers have noted an
enormous increase in prostituted children working the highways throughout the
country in recent years. Estimates
vary widely as to the number of children and women in the commercial sex
industry in Brazil. Numbers range from as low as 100,000 to as high as 2
million. Five Years After 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 – Report by Special Rapporteur [DOC] U.N. Economic and Social Council, Commission on Human
Rights, Fifty ninth session, 6 January 2003 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/217511d4440fc9d6c1256cda003c3a00/$FILE/G0310090.doc [accessed 9 April 2011] [30] The Statute of the Child and
Adolescent criminalizes the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography, and the child involved does not incur criminal
liability. UNICEF is involved in a number of initiatives to combat
sexual abuse and exploitation of girls, particularly in the north and
north-east regions, and is studying the phenomenon of commercial sexual
exploitation and domestic sexual abuse of girls, including the situation of
street children, many of whom who resort to prostitution for
survival. However, commercial sexual exploitation affects a far
wider number of girls who may live at home or in guesthouses, apartments and
brothels. Sexual exploitation of boys on the street also occurs,
but there is very little research or information published about
it. Children are exploited through sex tourism, and government
efforts against this include circulars sent by the National Tourist Board to
hotels warning of the consequences of involvement in sexual
exploitation. “Sexual Exploitation of Children is a Crime”
has been stamped on tourist literature and airline ticket covers. The Associated Press AP, www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1008126 [accessed 9 April 2011] Brazilian federal police arrested
27 people in a nationwide crackdown on child prostitution, authorities said
Thursday. Police also scooped up 51
children – including three younger than 12 years old – during Wednesday’s
operation, which coincided with Carmen J. Gentile, The San Francisco Chronicle Foreign
Service, www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/05/MNG0TB6KQV1.DTL [accessed 9 April 2011] Seeking to crack down on an
epidemic of child prostitution, the Brazilian government is targeting
Carnival, the annual pre-Lenten festival during which the illicit trade
reaches its zenith. BBC News, 27 January, 2005 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4212133.stm [accessed 9 April 2011] Child prostitution rackets operate
in almost 1,000 municipalities in Child Prostitution On The Rise In Selma B. de Oliveira, International Child Resource
Institute ICRI, December 1995 pangaea.org/street_children/latin/prost.htm [accessed 9 April 2011] The
prostitution of girls in Brazil is the direct consequence of years of economic
recession, and the low status afforded to women in the country. Because women have a limited access to
occupations and resources, they are the ones hardest hit during economic
crises. With the growth of the tourism
industry, selling their bodies has become a way for poor girls to have access
to the dollars of tourists. People's Daily Online, 14 Dec 2001 english.people.com.cn/200112/14/print20011214_86677.html [accessed 9 April 2011] Little Girls Of The Night Gilberto Dimentein, North
American Congress on Latin America NACLA Report on the pangaea.org/street_children/latin/brzpros.htm [accessed 9 April 2011] Indeed a number of girls consider
prostitution an avenue to freedom. They are fleeing the oppression of a
patriarchal household, where it is not uncommon for the family to be in
conflict and often violent. In some cases, the girls are trying to escape
boring, poorly paid jobs. They are seduced by the dream of having a room of their
own and earning more money. The Price of a Slave in Bernardete Toneto,
[originally in Portuguese in the newspaper Brasil
de Fato], February 2004 www.brazzillog.com/2004/html/articles/feb04/p107feb04.htm [accessed 24 January 2011] Report by Special Rapporteur - U.N. Economic and Social Council, Commission on Human
Rights, Sixtieth session, 3 February 2004 [accessed 9 April 2011] 26. Sex tourism is one of the most
widespread forms of CSEC in 32. Statistics on child labour for
2001 indicated that 5.5 million children aged between 5 and 17 work. Twenty-two per cent of working children do
not attend school. Five hundred
thousand girl children aged 5 to 14 perform domestic work. This is an invisible form of child labour
that exposes girls to the risk of sexual exploitation. [unspecified news agencies], 2004-02-12 www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-02/12/content_305401.htm [accessed 9 April 2011] A
special U.N. envoy said in November the problem of child prostitution and
sexual exploitation in The Associated Press AP WorldStream
English: www.stopdemand.org/afawcs0112878/ID=70/newsdetails.html [accessed 9 April 2011] "The political commitment of
the government to fight child sexual exploitation is strong and
tangible," said Juan Miguel Petit, U.N. special envoy on the sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography. But tougher rules are
needed to protect young victims who may number up to 500,000, Petit said in a
report. "The policy framework for
fighting exploitation is in place," he said. "But filtering
policies and programs from the central, federal level down to the grass-roots
level is a major difficulty." Arabela Rota, UN Chronicle, Winter 1997 findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1309/is_n4_v34/ai_20518056/ [accessed 9 April 2011] In Steve Kingstone, BBC News, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3879001.stm [accessed 9 April 2011] Congress approved a report
recommending that more than 200 people be investigated for crimes against
children and adolescents. Those under
suspicion include senior public figures, among them politicians, judges,
business leaders and priests. It is
thought that up to half a million children in All material used herein
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