C S E C The Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children In the early years of the 21st Century, 2000 to
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Survey: Panapress PANA, www.panapress.com/pana-17-lang2-index.html [access restricted] According to
results of this survey conducted in 2004 in the cities of Bafoussam
(west), Bamenda (northeast), For this edition, the choice has been made on child prostitution to mobilise Cameroonians from the civil society and break the authorities` silence on this phenomenon, which is tarnishing the image of Cameroon worldwide. ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT - Country
Monitoring Report [PDF] ECPAT International,
2013 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Ex_Summary_Cameroon.pdf [accessed 25 August
2020] [FRENCH] Desk review of
existing information on the sexual exploitation of children (SEC) in
Cameroon. 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/cameroon/ [accessed 25 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law prohibits commercial sexual exploitation,
sale, offering or procuring for prostitution, and practices related to child
pornography. A conviction requires proof of a threat, fraud, deception,
force, or other forms of coercion. Penalties include imprisonment of between
10 and 20 years and a fine of between 100,000 and 10 million CFA francs ($170
and $17,000). The law does not specifically provide a minimum age for
consensual sex. According to anecdotal reports, children younger than 18 were
exploited in commercial sex, especially by restaurant and bar promoters,
although no statistics were available. Anecdotal reports suggested the
ongoing crisis in the two Anglophone regions had contributed to a dramatic
increase in the prostitution of underage girls and number of early
pregnancies, especially in areas with IDPs. 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 305] It is unclear how
many investigators were employed by the government in 2018, although several
government bodies work together to enforce criminal
laws related to the worst forms of child labor. In general, these agencies do
not receive adequate funding or training to investigate the worst forms of
child labor, and high staff turnover is a challenge. (3,9,11)
As a result, NGOs are critical in bringing child trafficking cases to the
government’s attention and providing services to victims. (3,9,64) During the year, there were credible reports of
children involved in commercial sexual exploitation. However, the government
does not appear to have initiated investigations into any of these cases.
(9). Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 12 October 2001 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/cameroon2001.html [accessed 26 January
2011] [64] The Committee
is concerned about the increasing number of child victims of commercial
sexual exploitation, including prostitution and pornography, especially among
those engaged in child labor and street children. Concern is also expressed
at the insufficient programs for the physical and psychological recovery and
social reintegration of children victims of such abuse and exploitation. Different
Realities, Different Therapies Sybille Ngo Nyeck, Essay delivered at the 2 nd International Francophone Congress on Sexual Assaults
in thewitness.org/agw/nyeck093003eng.html [accessed 22 April 2011] The issue of sexual
assault is known around the world. In
Cameroon, two jurisdictions (or methods) are considered effective in
preventing and repressing sexual abuse: the oral jurisdiction (traditional)
and the written jurisdiction (the penal code). A. THE TRADITIONAL JURISDICTION AND ITS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE INFLUENCES
WITHIN THE CULTURE TOWARD THE PREVENTION OF SEXUAL ABUSE - In the name of
tradition, the traditional submission of women and the denial of freedom of
speech to children have covered up sexual misconduct for a long period of
time. The silence assigned to the victims of sexual assault is a prejudice
especially felt by children, whom we today recognize as having some rights,
such as the right of speech and the right to have an opinion and to expect
that this opinion will be respected. ***
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/2005/61558.htm [accessed 7 February
2020] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– In May gendarmes in Women and children
traditionally have faced the greatest risk of trafficking and have been trafficked
most often for the purposes of sexual
exploitation and forced labor.
Girls were internally trafficked from the Adamawa, North, Far North,
and Northwest provinces to The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/cameroon.htm [accessed 26 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 - According to a 2004 study by the Institute for
Socio-Anthropological Research, children who have been trafficked in Cameroon
are forced to work in agriculture, domestic service, sweatshops, bars and
restaurants and in prostitution. The Ministry of Social Affairs also reports
that children of some large rural families are “loaned” to work as domestic
servants, vendors, prostitutes or baby sitters in urban areas in exchange for
monetary compensation. Five Years After
Stockholm [PDF] ECPAT: Fifth Report
on implementation of the Agenda for Action ECPAT International,
November 2001 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/five_years_after_stockholm.pdf [accessed 13
September 2011] [B]
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