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

Child Prostitution

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Macau (Macao) [ Country-by-Country Reports ]

Macau (Macao) [map] is a special administrative region of China adjoining Guangdong Province in SE China, on the estuary of the Pearl River, 40 mi W of Hong Kong. Macau's well-to-do economy has remained one of the most open in the world since its reversion to China in 1999. Apparel exports and tourism are mainstays of the economy.

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Bur of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005

MACAU - CHILDREN - The government protected the rights and welfare of children through the general framework of civil and political rights legislation that protects all citizens. For example, the law provides for criminal punishment for sexual abuse of children and students, statutory rape, and procuring that involves minors.

Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2005

[6] While noting with appreciation the State party’s signature of the Memorandum of Understanding against Human Trafficking in the Mekong Sub-region in October of 2004, the Committee is concerned at the absence of a plan of action to combat trafficking and sexual exploitation applicable either to the mainland or the Macau SAR.

[8] The Committee regrets the limited statistical data on sexual exploitation and cross-border trafficking included in the State party’s report, both with regard to mainland China and the Macau SAR . It is further concerned that the data refer almost exclusively to the number of women and children rescued rather than those abducted, and that data often refer to different time periods, which hampers accurate assessment and monitoring of the situation regarding the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

[14] The Committee is concerned at the limited information provided about services to assist child victims with regard to reintegration and recovery on the mainland. It is also concerned about the absence of assistance programs specifically designed for child victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation in the Macau SAR.

ECPAT: In Trafficking Case, Court Balks Again

Tang Kim Min, 35, is being held on charges related to human trafficking. The main witness against him is an under-age Vietnamese girl, who says she survived an intricate network of pimps, brokers and human smugglers - including Tang Kim Min - who hustled her through Cambodia, southern China and eventually to Macau.

Vietnam Trafficking

Vietnamese traffickers sell hundreds of women and children each year in Europe, China, Cambodia and Macau, for prostitution and arranged marriages.

The Dark Side of Casino Lights

Bolor said she hopes the government will take measures against prostitution and to protect girls who live on the street. She said that street girls as young as 14 and 15 years-old are often trafficked to Macao, Singapore and Malaysia.

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