C S E C The Commercial Sexual
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** 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
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ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Country
Overview
[PDF] Lea Kodeih and Rosalind Fennell, ECPAT International, 2018 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ECO_GEORGIA_FINAL_09Nov18.pdf [accessed 30 August
2020] Desk review of
existing information on the sexual exploitation of children (SEC) in Georgia.
The overview gathers existing publicly available information on sexual
exploitation of children in travel and tourism (SECTT), online child sexual
exploitation (OCSE), trafficking of children for sexual purposes, sexual
exploitation of children through prostitution, child early and forced
marriage (CEFM) and identifies gaps, research needs, and recommendations. 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/georgia/ [accessed 30 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - Convictions relating to commercial sexual
exploitation of children and possession of child pornography are punishable
by up to five years’ imprisonment. Authorities enforced the law. Street
children and children living in orphanages were reportedly particularly
vulnerable to exploitation. The minimum age for
consensual sex is 16. The law classifies sexual intercourse with a juvenile
as rape, provided the perpetrator is proven to be aware of the victim’s age.
The penalty for conviction of rape is up to nine years’ imprisonment; the
government generally enforced the law. Conviction of other sexual crimes
carried increased levels of punishment if the victim was a juvenile. In September
authorities, in cooperation with Europol and foreign law enforcement bodies,
dismantled a child-trafficking ring and arrested 11 persons, including two
foreigners, on charges of child trafficking and producing or selling child
pornography. On December 5, police arrested an additional 11 individuals
suspected of being members of the network. As of December the cases
continued. In July 2018 UNICEF
reported street children were particularly vulnerable to violence from
caretakers and fellow street youth. According to testimonies from children
living on the streets of Tbilisi, internal group dynamics among these
children sometimes entailed sexual “reward” structures that exposed primarily
girls to abuse at the hands of older group members. The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/georgia.htm [accessed 6 February
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 - Incidents of the commercial sexual exploitation of
children, particularly for prostitution and pornography, are reported,
especially among girls. In 2003, the statistical bureau of the Supreme Court
reported 24 registered cases of the use of children in the drug trade and
trafficking. Trafficking of children occurs, and thousands of children living
in the streets and in orphanages are vulnerable to trafficking. Some families
experiencing economic hardship have separated, which has increased the number
of children living on the street. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 3 October 2003 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/georgia2003.html [accessed 6 February
2011] [62] The Committee notes
that the human rights treaty bodies which considered the reports of Concluding
Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights International
Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, 2002 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/esc/georgia2002.html [accessed 19
September 2011] [20] The Committee
is concerned about the high number of children living and/or working in the
streets who are often victims of various forms of exploitation, including
prostitution and pornography. Report
by Special Rapporteur [DOC] UN Economic and
Social Council Commission on Human Rights, Fifty-ninth session, 6 January
2003 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/217511d4440fc9d6c1256cda003c3a00/$FILE/G0310090.doc [accessed 16 May
2011] [43] Under the
Criminal Code, any individual who buys, sells, or makes any other kind of
illegal deal involving children is subject to criminal
liability. Prostitution as such does not constitute a crime,
except for those who “inveigle a minor into prostitution or other sexual
lechery”. Any kind of pornography is illegal in Legislation
of Interpol Member States on Sexual Offences Against Children - Georgia International
Criminal Police Organization INTERPOL, www.interpol.int/Public/Children/SexualAbuse/NationalLaws/csaGeorgia.asp [accessed 16 May
2011] IV.
CHILD PROSTITUTION - ARTICLE 171 - Involving the minors in prostitution or
other sexual depravity or beggaring or other antisocial actions is punished
by the work useful for society for the term from 170up to 240 hours or
improving work for the term up to 2 years or lock up into prison for the term
up to 3 months or imprisonment for the term up to 3 years. ***
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/2005/61649.htm [accessed 9 February
2020] CHILDREN
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Incidents of sexual exploitation of children, especially among girls, were
reported. Child prostitution
and pornography are punishable by up to three years' imprisonment. The MOIA
sponsored a center for the rehabilitation of minors, which regularly provided
medical and psychological assistance to child and adolescent victims of
prostitution before returning them to guardians. All
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