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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Child prostitution and the spread of AIDS AIDScience, December 20, 2000 aidscience.org/Newsarticle.asp?Article=20 [accessed 22 March 2011] There are at least 13 million
children in The Moroccan AIDS Service Organization
began a study to gather information regarding the habits of male prostitutes
in hopes of recommending a preventative methods program. The study revealed
that male prostitutes had little or no awareness of the dangers of HIV and
had no skills sets with which to bargain with their clients for safe sex.
Although a program educating people about the disease and the prevention of
it was established as a result of the study, efforts are hampered because
local police consider the possession of condoms as proof of illegal
prostitution and, thus, many prostitutes are reluctant to carry the
prophylactics with them. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/morocco.htm [accessed 21 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Girls and boys working as domestic servants and street vendors are
increasingly targets of child sex tourism, particularly in the cities of
Marrakech and Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61695.htm [accessed 21 February 2011] WOMEN - The law prohibits prostitution; however, it was
prevalent, especially in urban centers. NGO activists estimated that there
were thousands of teenage prostitutes
in urban centers. Their clientele were both foreign tourists and citizens. In
July the government acted against sex tourism, convicting 60 local prostitutes in Agadir,
a resort town. Authorities also arrested three young women in Agadir after their photographs were discovered on a
pornographic Web site. The arrests drew criticism from human rights
activists, who pointed out that the men involved, tourists from Gulf
countries and TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS –
Prostitution of trafficked minors was a particular problem in the village of
El Hajeb near Meknes, as
well as in Agadir and Marrakech, which attracted
sex tourists from Europe and the Arab Gulf states. To combat prostitution the government amended
the penal code in 2003 to make sex tourism a crime, while other amendments
increased the penalties for promoting child pornography and child prostitution and for employing
underage children. Recent arrests indicate that the amendment had an impact. Concluding Observations of the
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 6 June 2003 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/morocco2003.html [accessed 21 February 2011] [62] The Committee welcomes the
hosting by the State party of the Arab-African Forum Against Commercial
Sexual Exploitation of Children in preparation for the Yokohama Conference
and notes that the Penal Code is under review regarding this issue, but
remains concerned at the high incidence of sexual exploitation in the State
party. The Committee is also concerned
at the fact that the legislation of the State party does not protect all
children below 18 years from sexual exploitation as various ages have been set
in several acts regarding sexual exploitation. The Committee is further concerned at the
status of child victims of sexual exploitation who may be treated as
offenders. 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 22 June 2011] [56] Awareness about sexual
exploitation is increasing. In May 2002, King Mohammed VI requested the
Children’s Parliament to pay particular attention to the question of child
victims of violence, and a committee of experts has now been appointed to
develop a national program against the maltreatment and exploitation of
children. A recent revision of article 446 of the Penal Code
provides that certain professionals, notably doctors, must report suspicions
of violations having been committed against children. Other
developments include the creation by the Ministry of Human Rights of a
network of centers to provide judicial and psychological assistance to
children in difficult circumstances and child victims of violence. However,
sex outside marriage is illegal and those over 12 are criminally liable;
accordingly, children in prostitution between 12 and 18 would bear criminal
responsibility. Thematic Reports: Special Rapporteur
On The E/CN.4/2001/78, paras. 5,
70; E/CN.4/2001/78/Add.1, 7 November 2000 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 22 June 2011] Concerning the prostitution of
boys, the report notes that: the primary reason for boys entering
prostitution has to do with their being sent by their families, or choosing
for themselves, to leave their homes to seek employment. On the prostitution of girls, the report
notes that unlike boys, it is not culturally acceptable for girls to live on
the street. Many of the girls who work
in the brothels in El Hajeb are former child
maids. With regard to child sex
tourism, the SR noted that child sex abuse is largely carried out by
Moroccans and that there have been few reported cases where children have
been used in prostitution for foreigners. The authorities acknowledged,
however, that this type of abuse is very hidden and that such cases would
rarely come to their attention. ECPAT International CSEC Overview - ECPAT International At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 22 June 2011] It is difficult to obtain
information on the nature and extent of CSEC in Looking Back Thinking Forward - The fourth 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 [PDF] ECPAT International, November 2000 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 22 June 2011] Child sex tourism is most apparent
in A Situational Analysis of Commercial Sexual Exploitation
of Children in Dr. Najat M'jid,
ECPAT International, March 2003 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 22 June 2011] [2.1.1] Prevalence - Official statistics provided by
police and judiciary services do not reflect the entire situation because
these statistics are based on what cases actually reach police and judiciary
personnel. For example, according to police and judiciary services: • 1999: 102 cases (17 rapes, 63 attacks on decency,
19 cases of prostitution, 3 other) • 2000: 69 cases (9 rapes, 36 attacks on decency, 14
cases of prostitution, 2 other) • 2001: 210 cases • 2002: 38
cases of adults charged with procuring or incitement of minors to
prostitution. Child prostitution and the spread of AIDS AIDScience, December 20, 2000 aidscience.org/Newsarticle.asp?Article=20 [accessed 22 March 2011] There are at least 13 million
children in The Moroccan AIDS Service
Organization began a study to gather information regarding the habits of male
prostitutes in hopes of recommending a preventative methods program. The
study revealed that male prostitutes had little or no awareness of the
dangers of HIV and had no skills sets with which to bargain with their clients
for safe sex. Although a program educating people about the disease and the
prevention of it was established as a result of the study, efforts are
hampered because local police consider the possession of condoms as proof of
illegal prostitution and, thus, many prostitutes are reluctant to carry the
prophylactics with them. Commercial sexual exploitation
of children - Middle East/ based on the situation analysis written by Dr Najat M’jid for the
Arab-African Forum against Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Rabat, Morocco,
24-26 October 2001 -- Source document (in French): Rapport sur la situation de l’exploitation
sexuelle des enfants dans la région MENA, 10 Septembre 2001 www.unicef.org/events/yokohama/backgound8.html [accessed 22 June 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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