Human Trafficking in [Libya] [other countries]
Street Children in [Libya] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Libya] [other countries]
 

Child Prostitution

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Great Socialist People's

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya) [ Country-by-Country Reports ]

The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [map] is a N African republic bordered by Algeria (W), by Tunisia (NW), by the Mediterranean Sea (N), by Egypt (E), by Sudan (SE), and by Chad and Niger (N). Tripoli is its capital and largest city. The Libyan economy depends primarily upon revenues from the oil sector, which contribute practically all export earnings and about one-quarter of GDP. These oil revenues and a small population give Libya one of the highest per capita GDPs in Africa, but little of this income flows down to the lower orders of society.

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Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2003

[43] The Committee is concerned about reports of trafficking of children to the State party for the purposes of prostitution and slavery. The Committee is concerned that there is a lack of information and awareness of the trafficking and prostitution of children.

ECPAT: CSEC Overview

There is no research or data concerning the state of commercial sexual exploitation of children in Libya. Public and government belief is that sexual exploitation of children does not occur in Libya and is therefore not a problem.

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: An Overview [PDF]

THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM - In Africa, many countries are faced with a rising child prostitution problem and the linkage with tourism is evident. Algeria has been reported as a place of transit for traffickers, and Senegal, Kenya, Sudan and Libya are on the list of countries where child prostitution is increasing.

ECPAT: The Global Perspective

In June 1999, a group of 174 children from Benin were caught being trafficked to Libya for prostitution.

Five Years After Stockholm [DOC]

THE FIFTH REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGENDA FOR ACTION ADOPTED AT THE WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN HELD IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, AUGUST 1996. - In some North African countries the Stockholm Agenda for Action has not led to significant changes in approaching commercial sexual exploitation of children. In Libya the Stockholm Agenda for Action has not improved the situation, as it seems that Libya has not implemented any projects or strategies against CSEC.

Commercial sexual exploitation of children - Middle East/North Africa region

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 sexual abuse and exploitation.

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Human Trafficking in [Libya] [other countries]
Street Children in [Libya] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Libya] [other countries]