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Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - Children continued to be
victims of violence and abuse. The Voice of Ukraine newspaper reported that,
in response to a January 2004 poll by the State Institute of Family and
Youth, 43 percent of minors said that they had been victims of some form of
violence. During 2003, 300 criminal cases were opened against parents for
neglect of parental duties. The majority of complaints of abuse of children
related to child prostitution,
pornographic video sales, child molestation, and illegal child labor. The commercial sexual exploitation
of children remained a serious problem. According to domestic and foreign law
enforcement officials, a significant portion of the child pornography
available on the Internet continued to originate in Concluding
Observations Of The Committee On The Rights Of The Child (CRC) - 1995 [14] The Committee regrets that
appropriate measures have not yet been taken to effectively prevent and
combat ill treatment of children in schools or in institutions where children
may be placed. The Committee is also preoccupied by the existence on a large
scale of child abuse and violence within the family and the insufficient
protection afforded by the existing legislation and services in that regard.
The problem of sexual exploitation of children also requires special
attention. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights [11] The Committee is concerned at
the large-scale trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of women and
children. [29] The Committee encourages the
State party to strengthen its efforts to combat the trafficking and
commercial sexual exploitation of women and children. It recommends that the
State party vigorously pursue the enforcement of criminal laws in this
regard; ensure that victims are not penalized and are provided with
rehabilitation; ensure that the National Coordination Council against
Trafficking is adequately resourced and staffed; and reinforce its cooperation
with international and regional organizations, as well as on a bilateral
basis. The Committee recommends that the State party, in its fifth periodic
report, provide full information on the trafficking and commercial sexual
exploitation of women and children, including data on the scale of the
phenomenon. Ghana:
Rescuing the Child Prostitute, Whose Responsibility? RESEARCH FINDINGS - In the Ukraine, a survey conducted
by the group "La Strada-Ukraine" in
2001-2003, based on a sample of 106 women being 'trafficked' out of Ukraine
found that 3% were under 18, and the US State Department reported in 2004
that incidents of minors being trafficked was increasing. Flourishing
of child prostitution in Ukraine Juan Miguel Petit said that
Ukrainian child prostitution has increased for recent years. According to the
research of Ukrainian Institute of Social Investigation, there are 11% of children
at the age of 12-15 and 20% of children at the age of 16-17 among women who
are engaged in sexual service. Petit pointed out that there are even 10 years
old girls who are involved in prostitution. The UNO
chairman worries about the way the procurers, trafficking dealers and
producers of pornography use children. He learned from mass media and
different booklets for tourists that there are many announcements about
weddings and meetings which are not controlled. He emphasized that with visa
free entrance for majority of west countries Ukraine is turning into an open
country for sex-tourism. The Commission's Special Rapporteur apprehends that
there are many juveniles, exploited in this spreading activity. UN
children rights expert gives Ukraine mixed report on a new protection model UN Special Rapporteur on the sale
of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Juan Miguel Petit, said
the country needs “to build a new model of protection for children’s rights,”
one that allows a greater role for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and
private sector initiatives, to make up for diminished state capabilities. One key institutional gap is the
“absence of a separate juvenile justice system” to deal with child
prostitution, trafficking and street children, Mr. Petit said. [page 35]
Only a few prostituted minors in Ukraine work in hotels, casinos and
restaurants; most of them offer their services at stations, on highways and
in marketplaces. The report refers to the dangerous and unhygienic conditions
in which minor prostitutes in Ukraine work, particularly those who operate on
the highways and the streets. For this reason, many prostituted children get
ill with sexually transmitted diseases. ECPAT:
Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Ukrainian National Consultation
on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Research shows that of all those
engaged in prostitution in the country, 11% are girls aged between 12 and 15,
and 20% are aged 16 to 17. Furthermore, 18% of street children in Looking Back, Thinking Forward - The 4th report on commercial sexual exploitation of children The Way Home - Odessa Charity Fund WHAT IS HAPPENING? - How do the children survive out in the street? They united into groups, worked out their rules and habits. They earn their living in every possible way honestly and not very honestly. They wash cars, carry heavy things, beg, steal, get engaged in prostitution… Naturally, the children who stay out of doors do not go to school. LifeNets
Commits to Helping Orphans and Street Children in Vinogradov Children have had to fend for
themselves. Many of them are orphans
or have lost one of their parents. It
is sad, but many of the children know their parents only as alcoholics and
know only sickness, cold and hunger.
The children's lives are often accompanied with beatings, addition to
drugs, criminality, prostitution and begging. Constantly we see children
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