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Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
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of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children are involved in prostitution in Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS - A
credible 2003 study concluded that more than 3,700 children and
adolescents--the vast majority of whom lived at home
or with close relatives--had been the victims of commercial sexual
exploitation in 2002-03. Anecdotal reports suggested that
young women were the primary targets for trafficking to other countries.
Traffickers reportedly used newspaper advertisements for models and product
promoters to lure girls, ages 11 to 17, into prostitution. Law enforcement
agencies indicated that traffickers looking for children also targeted
economically disadvantaged families, arguing to the parents that they were
giving the child an opportunity for a better life. SENAME, the ministries of government and
health, and other government agencies formed the Protect Network, which
conducted general public awareness and education campaigns to prevent sexual
violence and abuse, including the commercial sexual exploitation of minors.
Nearly 80 percent of SENAME's budget supported NGO
programs, particularly those that worked with street children. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2002 [51] The Committee, while taking
note of the establishment of a working group to prepare a plan of action
against commercial sexual exploitation of children, expresses its concern that,
with regard to the phenomenon of commercial sexual exploitation of children,
there are no data available, legislation is inadequate, cases involving
sexually exploited children are often not investigated and prosecuted, child
victims are registered and therefore may be subjected to criminalization, and
social reintegration programs are not available. It further notes that
prostitution of boys is on the rise. Concluding Observations
of the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights [9] The Committee welcomes the
adoption in January 2004 of the Law on Crimes of Commercial Sexual
Exploitation. [47] The Committee recommends that
the State party strengthen measures to combat sexual abuse and commercial
sexual exploitation of children and provide victims of such abuse with
adequate care. ECPAT:
Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Report
by Special Rapporteur [DOC] [35] The National Service for Children has
launched a sensibilization campaign over the last
two years and has developed a pilot project of intervention and
rehabilitation for victims of commercial sexual exploitation. The
Penal Code criminalizes the trafficking of children for prostitution or
adoption. The use of children under the age of 12 in pornography is illegal.
If the child is aged between 12 and 18 it is not illegal unless violence is used.
Parliament is currently considering modifying the Penal Code to protect all
minors under the age of 18 and to penalize the distribution, acquisition or
storing of materials of child pornography. Children do not incur any criminal
liability for their involvement in these offences. The child sex trade is a problem
in many developing countries. But in Chile
Deputies In Child Sex Claim Three Chilean politicians have
been accused of links with a child prostitution ring that is the subject of a
criminal investigation. A 15-year-old
boy allegedly told police he had been invited to a party by Mr Spiniak where young boys
were paid 30,000 pesos ($46) for sex. Chile
Awakens To Child Prostitution After Scandal Child advocates say the Spiniak case has prompted many Chileans, who they say are
conditioned to ignore child beggars, to finally see child prostitution as a
widespread social problem. It has taken a scandal of this
magnitude to open The
Protection Project - Human Rights Reports of The Americas - Chile [DOC] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - A recent study estimates that
4,000 children work in the commercial sex industry in Chile; other studies
indicate that number could be as high as 15,000. Some 65,000 online networks
of pedophiles across the country have been identified. A 2003 scandal involved a prominent Chilean
businessman who was alleged to have recruited street children for a
prostitution ring. Two senators have been under investigation, and several
police officers and prominent businessmen have been arrested since the
scandal unfolded, and the affair has reportedly “opened the country’s eyes to
the problem of street children and child prostitution.” In October 2003, the 55-year-old Chilean
businessman and six others were charged with using children for
sadomasochistic orgies. Report
Of The Special Rapporteur On The Sale Of Children, Child - 1999 106. Regarding child prostitution
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