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FEATURED ARTICLE *** ECPAT ECPAT International At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 15 June
2011] ECPAT Luxembourg is
composed of a small number of committed individuals who pool their expertise
and professional influence in the interest of combating the commercial sexual
exploitation of children. As Luxemburg is a very small country, and the
government already fulfils its commitments under the Stockholm Agenda for
Action, the group has concentrated its work on the campaign against child sex
tourism, and on supporting the work of child focused NGOs who have shown a
commitment to eliminating CSEC. ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Country
Monitoring Report [PDF] Noémie Losch,
ECPAT International, 2017 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CMR-LUXEMBOURG.pdf [accessed 2
September 2020] Desk review of
existing information on the sexual exploitation of children (SEC) in
Luxembourg. The report looks at protection mechanisms, responses, preventive
measures, child and youth participation in fighting SEC, and makes
recommendations for action against SEC. 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/luxembourg/ [accessed 2
September 2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law prohibits the commercial sexual exploitation
of children, the sale of children, the offering or procuring of a child for
child prostitution, and practices related to child pornography. Authorities
enforced the law, and cases were rare. Penalties for the sexual exploitation
of children range from five years’ to life imprisonment. Amendments to the penal
code provide that a client having consciously committed a commercial sexual
act with a minor can be sentenced to one to five years of imprisonment and a
fine of 251 to 50,000 euros ($280 to $55,000). The minimum legal
age for consensual sex is 16. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 28 January 2005 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/088444825a515464c1256fa5004a3996?OpenDocument [accessed 18
February 2011] [57] While welcoming the many legislative and other measures
taken by the State party to combat and raise awareness of the problem of
sexual exploitation, trafficking in persons and child pornography, the
Committee is concerned that the conditions of work for women and girls
arriving in Luxembourg to work in the entertainment sector are such that they
may be exposed to the risk of prostitution and trafficking in human beings. Five Years After ECPAT: Fifth Report
on implementation of the Agenda for Action ECPAT International,
November 2001 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/five_years_after_stockholm.pdf [accessed 13
September 2011] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Report
by Special Rapporteur [DOC] UN Economic and
Social Council Commission on Human Rights, Fifty-ninth session, 6 January
2003 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/217511d4440fc9d6c1256cda003c3a00/$FILE/G0310090.doc [accessed 15 June
2011] [54] The Penal Code punishes the trafficking and sexual
exploitation of children, and circumstances are considered further aggravated
where the minor is (a) less than 14 years old; and (b) less than 11 years
old. There have been no prosecutions of these offences involving Committee
on the Rights of the Child - Summary Record of the 1006th meeting UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/%28Symbol%29/CRC.C.SR.1006.En?OpenDocument [accessed 15 June
2011] [48] Variety shows
and cabarets were closely monitored in order to prevent the unlawful
employment of children. Unfortunately, he could not rule out the existence of
illegal prostitution in www.eu2005.lu/en/savoir_lux/politique_economie/lux_monde/index.php [accessed 15 June
2011] MEMBER OF UNESCO, UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION FOR EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND
CULTURE -
Her Royal Highness Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of One in 12 children
forced into world's 'worst forms' of labor Agence France-Presse AFP, www.aegis.com/news/afp/2005/AF050265.html [accessed 18
February 2011] UNICEF UNICEF UK lauded
the pledge of developed countries, made more than 30 years ago, of allocating
0.7 percent of gross domestic product to development aid but regretted that
only five countries today fulfill that promise -- Denmark, Norway, the
Netherlands, Luxembourg and
Sweden. Concluding comments
of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women:
Luxembourg 17 January 2000 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cedaw/luxembourg2000.html [accessed 18
February 2011] 394. The Committee
welcomes the law of May 1999 that strengthened measures against trafficking
in humans and the sexual exploitation of children and, in particular,
extended 411. The Committee
urges the Government to develop a policy and legislation to prevent and
eliminate domestic violence, and sexual violence, including rape, against
women and girls, and to prosecute violators. The Committee calls on the State
party to collect statistics on th e incidence of
domestic violence, and comprehensive information on the impact of measures
against domestic violence. The
Committee also recommends that the Government gather further information on
the impact of the law on trafficking in humans and the sexu
al exploitation of children. ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** Human Rights
Reports » 2004 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61661.htm [accessed 9 February
2020] CHILDREN
- The law sets criminal penalties for adults who traffic children,
facilitate child prostitution, or exploit children through pornography and
extends the country's criminal jurisdiction to citizens and residents who
engage in such activities abroad. All material
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