C S E C The Commercial Sexual
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Protection Project
- The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/chad.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING
- It
is difficult to measure the extent of the problem of commercial sexual
exploitation of children in ***
ARCHIVES *** 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/chad/ [accessed 23 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law prohibits the commercial sexual exploitation
of children, with punishments of two to five years’ imprisonment and fines
from 100,000 to two million CFA francs ($170 to $3,400) for conviction. The
law prohibits sexual relations with children younger than 14, even if
married, but authorities rarely enforced the ban. The law criminalizes the
use, procuring, or offering of a child for the production of pornography, but
no cases of child pornography were reported during the year. The country was
a destination for some child trafficking in the country, and refugee children
from CAR were particularly vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation. 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 328] Child trafficking occurs
primarily in Chad for the purposes of forced labor in cattle herding,
domestic work, and commercial sexual exploitation. Boko Haram may be
responsible for some child trafficking in Chad, and refugee children from the
Central African Republic are particularly vulnerable to commercial sexual
exploitation. (3,4) Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 4 June 1999 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/chad1999.html [accessed 28 January
2011] [38] The Committee
is concerned at the absence of data and of a comprehensive study on the issue
of sexual exploitation of children. 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. Five Years After 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]
COUNTRY UPDATES – A Situational
Analysis of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Daniel Deuzoumbe Passalet, ECPAT
International, March 2003 childtrafficking.com/Docs/ecpat_2003_situational_analysis_studies_cse_children_chad_3.pdf [accessed 5 January
2014] [2.1.1]
THE MAIN CAUSES OF PROSTITUTION IN CHAD - Prostitution increased considerably during
the civil war, which lasted from 1979 to 1982. Unfavorable socio-economic
factors affected the lives of most Chadians. The situation was worse
depending on the size of a family, pushing fathers to neglect their duties.
Unable to cope with their failure to meet basic needs, many fathers turned
away from their parental responsibilities and left children to the streets.
Boys became street children, known in ECPAT:
2002 Agenda for Action Report [DOC] ECPAT International,
2002 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/2002_agenda_for_action_report_ecpat.doc [accessed 28 April
2011] MONITORING - PREVENTION /
RECOVERY & REINTEGRATION - THE MIDDLE EAST AND In Chad, UNICEF has
developed a project for children in need of special protection. One
project component has been developed with the particular aim of providing
protection and psychological rehabilitation to CSEC victims. The project is
planned for an initial 3-year period of time. An educational program
has been developed, together with the Chadian Ministry of Social Affairs,
specifically for officials that come in contact with children, including CSEC
victims, to work for the child’s protection. Paul Brown,
environment correspondent, The Guardian, 27 September 2002 www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2002/sep/27/internationalnews [accessed 13
September 2011] A coalition of
environment, religious and development groups have produced two reports showing
that so far the construction of the pipeline has damaged the interests of
people along its entire length: water supplies have been damaged, pygmies
have lost hunting lands, farmers have lost land and crops and an influx of
immigrant workers has brought child prostitution and spread AIDS. ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, March 8, 2006 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61561.htm [accessed 7 February
2020] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS -
There were also reports of child prostitution,
primarily in the southern oil-producing region. The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/chad.htm [accessed 28 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 - A 2003 ECPAT study estimated that many Chadian
children live in the streets and often fall victim to violence, including
sexual exploitation. CHILD
LABOR LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT - The Penal Code prohibits child trafficking and sexual
exploitation and procurement for the purposes of prostitution. The
prostitution of children can result in a fine and imprisonment from 2 to 5
years. CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The Government of
Chad is working with UNICEF to implement a project for children who need
special protection, including victims of commercial sexual exploitation. All
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