C S E C The Commercial Sexual
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Pressure
to Combat Child Prostitution in Saliou Samb,
Inter Press Service News Agency IPS, 21 January 2002 www.afrol.com/News2002/gui001_child_prostitution.htm [accessed 20 May
2011] CPTAFE leaders said
they would target ***
ARCHIVES *** 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/guinea/ [accessed 30 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law prescribes penalties of five to 10 years imprisonment,
a fine, or both for all forms of child trafficking, including the commercial
sexual exploitation of children. The minimum age of consensual sex is 15.
Having sex with someone under 15 is punishable by three to 10 years in prison
and a fine of up to two million GNF ($217). The law also prohibits child
pornography. These laws were not regularly enforced, and sexual assault of
children, including rape, was a serious problem. Girls between ages 11 and 15
were most vulnerable and represented more than half of all rape victims. The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/guinea.htm [accessed 8 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 - Children are reported to work in the commercial sex
industry. Concluding
Observations Of The Committee On The Rights Of The Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 29 January 1999 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/guinea1999.html [accessed 8 February
2011] [34] The Committee is
concerned at the absence of data and of a comprehensive study on the issue of
sexual exploitation of children. [35] The Committee
is concerned at the increasing phenomenon of trafficking and sale of children
into neighboring countries for work or prostitution. The insufficient
measures to prevent and combat this phenomenon are also a matter of concern. 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 – Guinea:
A Window On West Africa’s War-Weary Children UNICEF Press Centre,
Conakry/Geneva, 4 November 2003 www.unicef.org/media/media_15421.html [accessed 8 February
2011] UNICEF today said
that reports from border monitors and NGOs reveal that ECPAT: CSEC
Overview – www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/Country/CSECOverview/Guinea.html [Last access date
unavailable] There is lack of
sufficient evidence and data on CSEC in Protection
Project: The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/guinea.doc [accessed 2009] GOVERNMENT
RESPONSES
- The government of Not
Giving Way to Despair Alexis Gnonlonfoun, Guinea, November 1998 -- African News
Bulletin - Bulletin d'Information Africaine ANB-BIA Supplement, Issue/Edition Nr 359 -
01/01/1999 ospiti.peacelink.it/anb-bia/nr359/e13.html [accessed 20 May
2011] THE
FIGHT AGAINST AIDS
- Leaders of religious groups and of NGOs have embarked on an all-out war
against child prostitution - increasing all the time. In spite of promises
made by the government to do something about it, nothing has happened.
Poverty forces children into prostitution and concerned people are now making
their voices heard. Pedophiles are subject to the full weight of the law and
a number of NGOs have decided to take action against "sex tourism".
But many say not enough is being done to stamp out this evil and to help the
children. The ordinary citizen believes the police need to be better informed
so as to catch the clients of child prostitutes. Civil society is adamant
that financial interests, corruption and the indifference of certain
policemen hamper the fight against child prostitution in Forgotten Children
of War - Sierra Leonean Refugee Children in UN High Commissioner
for Refugees UNHCR, Refugee Children: Guidelines on Protection and Care www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/1999/guinea/guine997.htm#P77_1744 [accessed 19
September 2011] SUMMARY - Human Rights Watch also identified a serious problem of child prostitution in the camps, where girls as young as twelve said that they feel compelled to "play sex for money" in order to support themselves and, in some cases, their families. As with the problem of sexual violence, very little has been done by UNHCR to understand the problem of child prostitution in the camps in Guinea or to prevent it. Reports
That Child Refugees Sexually Exploited Shock Annan Integrated Regional
Information Networks IRIN, [accessed 9 March
2015] Refugee children in
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have been subjected to sexual abuse and
exploitation, reportedly by employees of national and international NGOs,
UNHCR and other UN bodies, fellow refugees, security forces of host countries
and other persons, according to a joint assessment by UNHCR and Save the
Children-UK. The exchange of sex for money or gifts appeared widespread. The
victims were mostly girls aged 13 to 18, while the most vulnerable group
comprised orphans and children separated from one or both parents. The
perpetrators "are often men in positions of relative power and influence
who either control access to goods and services or who have wealth and/or
income." –
htcp The Experience of
Refugee Children in United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 26 Feb 2002 www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/54_5203.htm [accessed 5
September 2011] This
publication suggests that sexual violence and exploitation of children appears
to be extensive in the communities visited and involves actors at all levels,
including those who are engaged to protect the very children they are
exploiting – UN staff, security forces, staff of international and national
NGOs, government officials, and community leaders. – htcp ***
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/2005/61573.htm [accessed 9 February
2020] CHILDREN
- The
International Rescue Committee and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported that
children living in foster families often did not receive adequate food,
shelter, and clothing and were compelled to work in the streets, sometimes as
prostitutes, for their subsistence. TRAFFICKING IN
PERSONS -
Girls under the age of 14 were involved in prostitution. The government did
not take action when prostitution of minors was brought to its attention, and
it did not actively monitor child or adult prostitution. All
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