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Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – Women
and children arrived as "tourists" or illegal immigrants and were
lured into prostitution by club
owners who threatened them with deportation. There were reports that
traffickers kidnapped victims, including minors, from their homes abroad and
smuggled them into the country, where they were sold to local procurers.
Traffickers less frequently confined victims to apartments, hotels, and clubs
against their will, failed to register them with authorities, and forced them
to surrender their passports. Some rescued victims reported being given small
stipends, mobile phones, and limited freedoms but nevertheless were coerced,
threatened, and abused by their traffickers. Concluding
Observations Of The Committee On The Rights Of The Child (CRC) - 2002 [76] Welcoming the State party’s
recent bill in this regard, the Committee remains concerned: (a) at reports of the sexual
exploitation of children; (b) at
reports of children being trafficked into, and sometimes through, the State
party for, inter alia, sexual exploitation;
(c) at the absence of available official statistics on the sexual
exploitation and/or trafficking of children;
(d) at the lack of protection under the law of boy prostitutes. ECPAT:
Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Report
by Special Rapporteur [DOC] [44] The provisions of the OP/SOC, which has
been signed but not yet ratified, are included in recent Law No.
3064/2002.Perpetrators of the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography will be criminalized, not the child victim; the Juvenile Court
has jurisdiction over such children and will deal with them through educative
measures. Such children are entitled to medical, legal and
psychological assistance, asylum and temporary housing facilities. UN Special
Rapporteur Ends Visit to Albania This is the first remark I want to
make. Child trafficking is not a problem of Special
Rapporteur Visits Greece The situation of Roma and Roma
children is a concern. I visited a Roma settlement in which housing
conditions and sanitation are just not acceptable. Access to health and
education is limited or lacking and social programs are not providing
assistance to the community. The State should take specific measures to
improve the living conditions and the possibilities of development of Roma
communities to give to Roma children alternatives other than street work or
prostitution as survival strategies for them and their families. UN Expert Seeks
Improved Child Protection Even though the number of
registered cases of child sexual exploitation and trafficking in UNICEF Calls for
Eradication of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children UNICEF is addressing the
underlying causes of child sexual abuse by working to improve access to and
quality of education, raising awareness, and advocating for children's
rights. UNICEF supports programs that help communities become the first line
of protection for children, and is also advocating strengthened legislation
and legal enforcement to stop the commercial sex trade of children. In In 1990, the number of victims of
sexual exploitation came to 2,100. In 1993, the figure had risen to 8,500 and
then rocketed to a record 21,700 in 1997. There has been a slight decline
since, with the number of people forced into prostitution coming to 19,500 in
2000, among whom were about 1,000 children aged 13,
14 and 15. Lazos attributed this slight drop to
more intensive policing and economic problems that have led to a shortage of
cash among customers. Although the United Nations
Declaration of the Rights of the Child states, “The child shall be protected
against all forms of neglect, cruelty, and exploitation… he shall not be the
subject of traffic, in any form,” millions of children around the world are
exploited by the sex trade in the form of child prostitution. An estimated
one million children, mostly girls, enter the commercial sex trade each year,
and all of these children are at increased risk of violence, drug abuse, and
HIV/AIDS. Though many work in their native
countries, thousands are trafficked into other countries as well, such as in Greece, where over 40% of the child
prostitutes are from neighboring countries like Greece
- Age of Sexual Consent IV. CHILD
PROSTITUTION - Child
prostitution is completely prohibited in Greece. This results from the
provision of Article 6 of the Law 1193/81, according to which "any woman
intending to prostitute herself for money, must have reached twenty-one (21)
years of age and submit relevant application to the competent police
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