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Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
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Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - There are reports that girls from CHILD
LABOR LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT - The Penal Code prohibits the procurement of a girl unless she is a
“common prostitute” or “of known immoral character” for purposes of
prostitution. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - The law prohibits prostitution and
child pornography, provides protection to children under 16 years of age from
sexual exploitation, and sets the age of sexual consent at 16 years. There
were reports that Mozambican and Swazi girls worked as prostitutes in the
country. Children, including street children, were increasingly vulnerable to
sexual exploitation. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2006 [DOC] [63] The Committee is alarmed at the increasing rate of
sexual exploitation and sexual abuse in Swaziland, as noted in the State
party report. The Protection Project - Swaziland [DOC] FORMS OF
TRAFFICKING – Young
girls have been lured to Provisional
Summary on Swazi law related to Worst Forms of Child Labour [DOC] COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION - Swazi law does provide some
guidance on child prostitution. This is contained in Part V of the Crimes Act
which criminalizes a parent or guardian for receiving compensation in
relation to the prostitution of his or her child; creates an offence for inveigling or enticing
a girl who is not a common prostitute for the purposes of prostitution and criminalizes a person for procuring any
girl to become a prostitute. Sadly, these provisions provide no
protections for girls who are already prostitutes and section 3 of the Girl’s
and Women’s Protection Act states that a girl being a common prostitute is a
defence for a perpetrator who has unlawful carnal connection with her. These provisions show a definite lack of
understanding of the issues relating to children undertaking sex work and the
dangers that they are exposed to. In
addition it appears that sex workers are prosecuted in Swaziland whilst the
clients are not. All material used herein
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