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Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Prostitution and its Context in Denmark A recent round table discussion between the police, social workers in contact with the prostitution milieu, and the social counselors for parents and children in crisis, concluded that there is no child prostitution involving children below the age of consent (15 years) in Denmark. The flow of teenagers into street prostitution is rather limited, especially for teenagers under 18. The owners of bars and massage parlors are generally very careful not to let in persons younger than 21 years, as this is illegal and might give the police an opportunity to intervene. Thus, most prostitutes start work after they reach 20 in massage parlors or bars. A relatively small group start at a younger age and do so on the streets. ***
ARCHIVES *** www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/Europe/Global_Monitoring_Report-DENMARK.pdf Largely, the prostitution of young
people does not occur within ‘conventional’ settings more widely used to
enable such crimes. Instead, studies appear to indicate that young persons
come into contact with clients either through friends and acquaintances, through
the Internet or through casual encounters. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS - The
country was both a destination and a transit point for women and children who
were trafficked from the former Soviet Union, Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2001 [42] The Committee is aware of the
efforts of the State party to prevent and combat sexual abuse and
exploitation, including the recent establishment of an information collection
system on sexual abuse. The Committee is concerned about the lack of
awareness about child abuse and exploitation and the inadequate efforts to
address child pornography. The Committee also notes the need for training for
professionals working with and for child victims of abuse, including police
officers, lawyers and social workers. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights [9] The Committee welcomes the
adoption in March 2003 of the law on combating child pornography, sexual
exploitation of children and sale of children, and the establishment in
August 2003 of an action plan on combating sexual abuse of children. [19] The Committee notes with concern
that, in spite of the measures taken by the State party, The
Protection Project - Denmark [DOC] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - A recent study undertaken by
Save the Children Denmark uncovered two primary purposes for which children
are trafficked to Denmark: for commercial sexual exploitation and for
criminal exploitation, such as pickpocketing and
shoplifting. At least 20 cases of this second form were detected from spring
to December 2003. In that year, police
observed that an increasing number of boys, primarily from Romania, were
being trafficked for criminal exploitation. Many appeared to belong to the
Roma minority. A combination of
trafficking for both purposes can also occur. ECPAT: Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for
Action [DOC] www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_inter/publication/other/english/Doc_page/ecpat_5th_a4a_2001_full.doc At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Report
by Special Rapporteur [DOC] [39] In June 2002, Parliament
adopted a bill on new legislation concerning trafficking in human beings,
including children for sexual purposes, in accordance with the EU Framework
Decision on combating trafficking in human beings. The clients of
prostitutes under the age of 18 are criminalized under the Criminal Code
with a maximum term of two years’ imprisonment. Sexual relations
with any child (a) under 15; or (b) under 12, or if coercion or intimidation
has been used, is punishable with imprisonment for a maximum of 6 years or
10 years, respectively.
Legislation concerning child pornography has been amended several
times and the bill planned to be put before Parliament in 2003 is expected to
suggest raising the maximum penalty for distribution and possession of child
pornography and broadening the definition to include material portraying
“representations” of child pornography. An
Important Step in Denmark Concerning Child Trafficking In September 2005 The Danish Government made an appendix to the governmental plan of action to combat trafficking in women. The appendix includes child trafficking, primarily children trafficked in preparation for sexual exploitation. Trafficking in children in
Denmark Children are sold to Trafficking
in Children to Denmark - December 2003 [PDF] [page 16] SEXUAL EXPLOITATION - No actual statistics of
registered trafficking victims exist in Denmark, or of trafficking victims of
sexual exploitation. There is disagreement as to the extent to which foreign
children suffer commercial sexual exploitation. Representatives from the
Danish National Police force do not feel that the problem is particularly
widespread, as they have no specific knowledge of trafficking in minors as a
problem in Prostitution and its Context in Denmark A recent round table discussion
between the police, social workers in contact with the prostitution milieu,
and the social counselors for parents and children in crisis, concluded that
there is no child prostitution involving children below the age of consent
(15 years) in Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children in the Baltic Sea Region Statistical data on the issue of
commercial sexual exploitation of children are lacking in every country in
the Baltic Sea Region. DENMARK - It is known to the Police that
occasionally there are prostitutes of the age of 15 or 16 in the streets in
Denmark (Danish National Police). One
in 12 children forced into world's 'worst forms' of labor UNICEF UK said that 350 million
children aged five to 17 worked, and that 180 million of them were
"involved in the worst forms of child labour
-- hazardous work, slavery, forced labor, in armed forces, commercial sexual
exploitation and illicit activities". UNICEF UK lauded the pledge of
developed countries, made more than 30 years ago, of allocating 0.7 percent
of gross domestic product to development aid but regretted that only five
countries today fulfill that promise -- Denmark,
Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Sweden. All material used herein
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