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of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR – Many children, most of whom are girls, move from rural areas to
urban areas where they live with families and perform domestic work. In 2003,
there were reports of children serving in the army in the Department of Loreto.
Boys and girls are also victims of commercial sexual exploitation. There is
internal trafficking of children for commercial sexual exploitation and
domestic service in U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs 1. CHILD
LABOR IN Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS - Internal
trafficking was a far greater problem. NGOs and international organizations
maintained that significant domestic trafficking occurred, particularly to
bring underage women from the Amazon district or the sierras into the cities
or into mining areas to work as prostitutes or to work in homes as domestics.
This trafficking took place through informal networks that could involve
boyfriends and even the families of the young women victims. The government coordinated its
anti-trafficking activities with NGOs. A Catholic order of nuns, the Sisters
of Adoration, operated 3 programs for underage female prostitutes, a live-in
center for approximately 75 girls (and 20 children of the victims) in SECTION 6 WORKER RIGHTS – [d] Although there were no reliable
statistics on its extent, NGOs and other observers maintained that the
country suffered a serious problem with adolescent prostitution, as
demonstrated by police raids on clandestine brothels. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2000 [27] With regard to the sexual
exploitation of children, while noting with appreciation the reforms to the
State party's Children and Adolescents Code, Penal Code and Penal Procedures
Code, as well as other measures in this area, the Committee remains concerned
at the absence of a national plan of action to combat and prevent sexual
exploitation of children. The limited awareness among the population on
sexual exploitation and abuse and on the available measures to identify and
report cases of abuse is also a matter of concern. In Peruvian
jungle city, church works to help child prostitutes With its scenic location --
surrounded by rain forest at the confluence of several rivers that flow into the
mighty Amazon -- Iquitos is a popular tourist
destination. While there have been reports of foreign tourists luring
children for sex or pornography, Ruck and the staff
at La Restinga said most people who solicit sex
with minors are local residents. ECPAT:
Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Report
by Special Rapporteur [DOC] [60] Sale and trafficking of
persons generally is addressed in terms of criminalizing, forcing or seducing
someone in order to deliver him/her to another for the purposes of sexual
exploitation, and the Penal Code criminalizes the exploitation of a child
through prostitution. If the child is under 14, the penalty is
between 4 and 12 years’ imprisonment. The crime of producing and
selling child pornography was incorporated into the Penal Code in 2001.Child
victims of these offences are not criminally responsible, but the family
judge may order protective measures in respect of the child. Four Child Prostitution Rings Identified In Peru Save the Children has identified a
child prostitution network in the jungle city of All material used herein
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