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Officers Uncovered In www.iranfocus.com/en/?option=com_content&task=view&id=1840 [accessed 31 May 2011] A number
of government officials and security officers were arrested during raids on
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ARCHIVES *** 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 www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61688.htm [accessed 13 February 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS –
According to foreign observers, women and girls are trafficked to Concluding Observations of the
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 28 January 2005 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/e7b8824bdd987268c1256fa8004a8753?OpenDocument [accessed 13 February 2011] [70] The Committee is concerned
about reports of trafficking and sale of persons under 18 years of age,
particularly young girls from rural areas, facilitated by "temporary
marriages" or "siqeh" - marriages
which last from 1 hour to 99 years. It
is also concerned at reports of the trafficking of such persons from Iran street children rights, human rights Morteza Aminmansour,
Oct 30, 2007 This article has been archived by World Street Children
News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 31 May 2011] The prostitution of children also
has surfaced as a matter of concern. In 2000, Iranian authorities closed down
six brothels in Tehran and arrested 35 people, including some minors. Every
day, an average of 45 Iranian girls (Mostly under 18) run away from home to
escape poverty, abuse, and social imprisonment. Though some are picked up by
the police and brought to welfare organizations, many falls into the hands of
organized prostitution rings or drift into crime and the sex trade (they were
transported to other countries such as UAE for rich Arabs or to Afghanistan
and Pakistan to work as prostitutes; some simply disappear. Police in Press TV, Sep 28, 2007 edition.presstv.ir/detail/24947.html [accessed 31 May 2011] 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 – IRAN – There have been delays in
addressing CSEC, as other fields of children rights have been given priority
in Iran and also because CSEC has not been regarded as a widespread
phenomenon. Therefore, no official actions have been taken that would
exclusively address prevention and the protection of sexually exploited
children. However, the NGO Organization for Defending Victims of Violence
stresses that the issue of CSEC is now included in the work of the national
Committee on the Rights of the Child. Moreover, the Organization for
Defending Victims of Violence is currently shaping a plan to study the
dimensions of commercial sexual exploitation nationwide. 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 31 May 2011] [47] The Government is currently
considering ratifying the OP/SOC. The sale and trafficking of
children is a criminal offence in Political Executions, Child Prostitution, and Forced
Marriage at the Age of 9 : Ms Zadeh talks on the lack
of human rights in News & Civil Society Perspectives from the Commission
on Human Rights Sixty-first session 14 March - 22 April 2005 -- Contributors:
Sebastian Zielinski (CONGO), April 11, 2005 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 31 May 2011] Child prostitution has risen 635
percent in recent years. Dozens of Iranian girls are brought to Child Prostitution Ring Run By Revolutionary Guards
Officers Uncovered In www.iranfocus.com/en/?option=com_content&task=view&id=1840 [accessed 31 May 2011] A number
of government officials and security officers were arrested during raids on
at least five houses used as brothels in and around the town of Amnesty International, Index Number: MDE 13/048/2004, Date
Published: 10 December 2004 www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE13/048/2004 [accessed 13 February 2011] “Leyla M", who has a mental age of eight, is
reportedly facing imminent execution for "morality-related"
offences arising from her being forced into prostitution as a child. According to a Human Trafficking and Forced Prostitution Katherine Toliao, IranDokht www.irandokht.com/editorial/index4.php?area=pro§ionID=12&editorialID=761 [accessed 13 February 2011] This
abhorrent form of exploitation does not confine itself to adult women, but
extends to children as well. The head of the www.iranchamber.com/society/articles/trafficking_persons.php [accessed 31 May 2011] The prostitution of children also
has surfaced as a matter of concern. In January 2000, Iranian authorities
closed down six brothels in Proposal Debated For Solving Prostitution With 'Chastity
Houses' Charles Recknagel/Azam Gorgin, Radio Free Europe/Radio www.parstimes.com/women/chastity_houses.html [accessed 31 May 2011] Prostitutes wear their veils
loosely over their heads in a style that passes for risqué in this strictly
regulated society. With their faces
heavily made up, they stand at traffic circles where men driving by can
inspect them and make a deal. The
women are often young, including many teenagers who have run away from
abusive homes. Based on official
figures, there are some 300,000 women who work as prostitutes in 5.1 Middle East - State of November 21, 2000 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 31 May 2011] While Commercial sexual exploitation
of children - Middle East/ This summary is based on the situation analysis written by
Dr Najat M’jid for the
Arab-African Forum against Commercial Sexual Exploitation, www.unicef.org/events/yokohama/backgound8.html [accessed 31 May 2011] These countries also have in
common, however, a number of constraints that have hindered preparation of
national plans of action. In all the countries of the region, there is
cultural resistance to addressing the problem because the subject is largely
taboo. Often the issue is dealt with
more generally under headings such as ‘violence’ and ‘trauma’. This means that there has been no regional
consensus on defining CSEC in law; in some countries, for example, it is
looked upon as an indecent act, in others as rape, although in all 20
countries there is some section of the penal code that can be invoked against
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