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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Country of Origin Research - Responses to Information
Requests (RIRs) Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 14 September 2011] The Coordinator of the
Constitutional Studies Program of the Legal Studies Foundation (FESPAD, based
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ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/el-salvador.htm [accessed 3 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - The commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking of children,
especially girls, is a problem in Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61727.htm [accessed 3 February 2011] CHILDREN - Child prostitution was a
problem, and included the commercial sexual exploitation of minors for upper
class clients. Children, especially those living on the streets, were trafficked to other
countries, including for the purpose of sexual exploitation. A UNICEF sponsored a program to
prevent sexual and commercial exploitation began operations during the year
and provided information to 8,517 children. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 30 June 2004 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/elsalvador2004.html [accessed 3 February 2011] [63] The Committee is concerned
about the extent of sexual exploitation and trafficking in the State party
and about the lack of effective programs to address this problem. It also
regrets the lack of information on assistance and reintegration programs for
children who have been subject to sexual exploitation and trafficking. Alberto Mendoza, Inter Press Service News Agency www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35100 [accessed 11 May 2011] But hers is not an isolated case.
Although no precise figures are available, in 2002 it was estimated that
2,000 minors were sexually exploited in Guatemala City alone, according to a
report by Casa Alianza (the Latin American branch
of the New York-based Covenant House, a child advocacy organisation)
and ECPAT (an international NGO working to end child prostitution, child
pornography and the trafficking of children). Of those 2,000 minors, 1,200 were
from El Salvador, 500 from
Honduras and 300 from Guatemala itself. María
Eugenia Villarreal, ECPAT director for Latin America, says Central America is
a hub for trafficking in minors, child pornography and sex tourism. 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 – ECPAT
El Salvador, which is a network of both governmental and non-governmental
organizations, has spent the last year refining the National Plan of Action
against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (Plan de Acción Nacional contra la Explotación Sexual Comercial de
Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes en El Salvador 2001-2004). The plan has now been
finished and programs and activities have been designed in the areas of
coordination and cooperation, prevention, protection for children at risk of
becoming victims of CSEC, rehabilitation and reintegration of child victims,
and the promotion of child participation. Funding is now being sought in
order that the programs in the plan can be successfully implemented. Child Prostitution: A Growing
Scourge W. E. Gutman, The www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_10/issue_07/travel_01.html [accessed 11 May 2011] A REGION
OUT OF CONTROL - Country Report - US State Dept Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in
Persons, Trafficking in Persons Report, June 14, 2004 www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2004/33198.htm#elsalvador [accessed 11 May 2011] [scroll down] PROSECUTION - In 2003, police arrested 33
individuals for commercial sexual exploitation of minors, prosecutors presented
51 individuals charged with involvement in child prostitution to the courts
for either their initial hearing or trial, and Crime and Society - A
Comparative Criminology Tour of the World Dr. Robert Winslow, www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/rwinslow/namerica/el_salvador.html [accessed 11 May 2011] CHILDREN - Child prostitution is a
problem. Between 10 and 25 percent of visible prostitutes are minors, and an
estimated 40 percent of the hidden prostitutes who cater to upper-class
clients are believed to be minors, according UNICEF. Country of Origin Research - Responses to Information
Requests (RIRs) Immigration and Refugee Board of At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 14 September 2011] The Coordinator of the
Constitutional Studies Program of the Legal Studies Foundation (FESPAD, based
in All material used herein
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