Human Trafficking in [Papua New Guinea Street Children in [Papua New Guinea] [other countries]Child Prostitution in [Papua New Guinea] [other countries]
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Human Trafficking
& Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st Century
- 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/PapuaNewGuinea.htm
Papua New Guinea is a source, destination, and transit
country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of
commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. Women and children are
trafficked within the country for the purposes of commercial sexual
exploitation and domestic servitude; men are trafficked to logging and mining
camps for the purpose of forced labor. Women and children from Malaysia,
Thailand, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and the Philippines are
trafficked to Papua New Guinea for forced prostitution and PRC men are
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Organized And Institutionalized Sexual Exploitation And
Violence Seth Mydans, "A Bartered
Bride’s ‘No’ Stuns Papua New Guinea: Rejection of Tribal Customs is a Sign of
Changing Times," New York Times, 7 May 1997 www.catwinternational.org/factbook/papuaNG.php [accessed 30 November 2011] POLICY AND LAW - In The Department of Labor’s 2005 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor [PDF] www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2005/tda2005.pdf [accessed 15 December 2010] CHILD LABOR LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT - The worst forms of child labor
may be prosecuted under different statutes in Human Rights Reports » 2006
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78787.htm [accessed 15 December 2010] CHILDREN - Some children were forced to work
long hours as domestic servants in private homes, often to repay a family
debt to the "host" family. Child brides frequently were taken
as additional wives or given as brides to pay family debts and often were
used as domestic servants. Child brides were particularly vulnerable to
domestic abuse TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – The law does not prohibit
trafficking in persons. There were reports of trafficking within the country.
Custom requires the family of the groom to pay a "bride price" to
the family of the bride. While marriages were usually consensual, women and
female children were sometimes sold against their will. There were also
reports of Asian women being trafficked into the country to work in the sex
industry. Transactional sex was common and often involved the sexual
exploitation of children. The government investigated
allegations of corruption among officials dealing with passport issuance and
immigration. The allegations primarily involved the illegal issuance of
residence and work permits for Chinese or South Asian nationals migrating to
the country. Nevertheless, there was concern that the country may be have
been used as a route for trafficking in persons to Australia. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 30 January 2004 www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/documents/829/501/document/en/text.html [accessed 15 December 2010] [57] The Committee, while
welcoming the ratification in 2000 by the State party of ILO Conventions No.
138 concerning the Minimum Age for Admission to Employment of 1973
and No. 182 concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the
Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour of 1999, remains concerned at
the significant number of children working, inter alia,
as domestic servants. The Protection Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/papua.doc [accessed 2009] FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRAFFICKING
INFRASTRUCTURE – Seth Mydans, "A Bartered
Bride’s ‘No’ Stuns Papua New Guinea: Rejection of Tribal Customs is a Sign of
Changing Times," New York Times, 7 May 1997 www.catwinternational.org/factbook/papuaNG.php [accessed 30 November 2011] POLICY AND LAW - In Papua New Guinea, the
compensation demand for the killing of a clan leader was $15,000, 25 pigs and
an 18-year-old girl. However, Miriam Wilngal, an
18-year-old girl refused to be sold by her own tribe as an object of
compensation for the murder of a tribe leader. She wanted to finish high
school, and not be dependent upon a man. www.unhcr.org/home/RSDCOI/452f50342.pdf [access date unavailable] OBJECTIVE 2: STRENGTHEN THE
CAPACITY OF LOCAL PARTNERS IN PNG, INCLUDING GOPNG, TO PROVIDE
EFFECTIVE PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS OF CONCERN - UNHCR will continue to conduct
workshops on the role and core mandate of UNHCR, and on the Refugee
Convention in relation to Migration and Human Trafficking training for GoPNG officials from Immigration, the Police, the
Judiciary, and Customs. This will ensure that by 2009 competent staff
at the border towns are able to identify asylum seekers and refugees among
migrants, are aware of PNG’s international
obligations, and respond appropriately. Neo Melanesian, 6 Nov 2003 www.png-gossip.com/news/g031106.html#ht [accessed 15 December 2010] HUMAN TRAFFICKING - The Federal Police from Delegates agree to strengthen efforts to reduce demand for
Commerical Sexual Exploitation Of Children Joint Media Release: ECPAT International, UNESCAP, UNICEF,
11 November 2004, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 10 September 2011] In the Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 4 Civil Liberties: 3 Status: Partly Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2009&country=7681 [accessed 15 December 2010] Human Rights Overview by Human Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide www.hrw.org/asia/papua-new-guinea [accessed 15 December 2010] All material used herein reproduced under the
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