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Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children In the first ten years of the 21st
Century - 2000 to 2009
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Between Venezuela and
Ecuador www.survivorsrightsinternational.org/sri_news/alert_sexual_exploit.mv At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
BACKGROUND - Children from ***
ARCHIVES *** U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children are also involved in begging, petty theft on the streets,
prostitution, and drug trafficking. Venezuela is a destination, transit, and
source country for children trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
Children are trafficked internally for labor and sexual exploitation. CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The National Institute for
Minors has made efforts to address the commercial sexual exploitation of
children by establishing Local Social Protection networks for children and
adolescents who are at high risk. These networks are comprised of public and
private institutions and organizations that contribute toward the development
of a coordinated local plan in regions of the country where children are most
vulnerable. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 SECTION 6
WORKER RIGHTS – [d]
The law protects children from exploitation in the workplace. The Ministry of
Labor and the National Institute for Minors enforced child labor policies
effectively in the formal sector of the economy but less so in the informal
sector. The Foundation for Training in the Investigation of Human Resources
estimated in 2004 that there were 1.6 million children working in various
sectors of the labor market, including 206 thousand involved in prostitution, panhandling, or drug
trafficking. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 1999 [32] The Committee expresses its concern at the absence
of data and of a comprehensive study on the issue of sexual commercial
exploitation and sexual abuse of children, at the lack of a national plan of
action to address this issue and at the inadequacy of the State party's
legislation to deal with it. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights [16] The Committee is alarmed about the high rate of
domestic violence and the extent of child prostitution and trafficking in
children, and regrets the lack of available statistics on the number of
street children. The Committee is deeply concerned about the extent of the
sex trade involving children and the inability of the State party to address
these issues. [27] The Committee urges the State party to indicate,
in its next periodic report, the problem of the measures it has undertaken to
address the problem of street children and, in particular, the problem of
their sexual exploitation. Report
by Special Rapporteur [DOC] [78] The sale, trafficking and use of children in
prostitution and pornography are punishable under the Statutory Law for the
Protection of Children and Adolescents. Those who promote, benefit
from, or assist in the exploitation of children are criminally liable and may
receive prison sentences of 2 to 8 years. Child victims do not incur criminal
liability. Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Between Venezuela and
Ecuador www.survivorsrightsinternational.org/sri_news/alert_sexual_exploit.mv At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
BACKGROUND - Children from Conclusions
& Recommendations - Committee On Elimination Of Racial Discrimination [19] The Committee notes with concern ……. More
particularly, in the centers of illegal gold prospecting, there is evidence
that indigenous children and adolescents are subjected to labor exploitation
and the worst forms of child labor, including servitude and slavery, child
prostitution, trafficking and sale. Written
statement submitted by Human Rights Advocates [3] Thousands of Ecuadorian children are smuggled
through Colombia and brought into Venezuela to work in virtual slavery
conditions as prostitutes. The problem is attributed to corruption among
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