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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the
early years of the 21st Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Paraguay.htm
Paraguay is principally a source and transit country for
women and children trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation,
as well as a source and transit country for men, women, and children
trafficked into forced labor. Most Paraguayan victims are trafficked to
Argentina and Spain; smaller numbers of victims are trafficked to Brazil,
Chile, Italy, and Bolivia. The involuntary domestic servitude of adults and children
within the country is a serious problem. Indigenous persons are vulnerable to
forced labor exploitation, particularly in the Chaco region. Poor children
are trafficked from rural areas to urban centers such as Asuncion, Ciudad del
Este, and Encarnacion for
commercial sexual exploitation and domestic servitude. Street children and
working children are common targets for trafficking recruiters. According to
the ILO, some traffickers coerce underage males, known as “taxi boys,” into transgendered prostitution. Some of these boys are
trafficked abroad, particularly to Italy. Trafficking of Paraguayan and
Brazilian women, girls, and boys for commercial sexual exploitation commonly
occurs in the Tri-Border Area of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil. - U.S.
State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** International Federation of Journalists - The 2002 Jury
Report International Federation of Journalists, 14 October 2002 www.ifj.org/en/articles/the-2002-jury-report [accessed 16 December 2010] IN THE REGIONAL CATEGORY OF LATIN
AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN THE 2002 NATALI PRIZE GOES TO: - The series of five articles by
Julio César Benegas
concerning human violations within the Military Service of Paraguay is remarkable
journalism, which highlights the corruption which is at the core of the
recruitment of child soldiers as well as the cultural aspects involved. These
articles also exposed the exploitation of child soldiers and other human
rights violations, which resulted in the death of 10 soldiers a year on
average. For military personnel Paraguay is one of the most dangerous
countries worldwide in peaceful times, Benegas
concluded in his report. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/paraguay.htm [accessed 16 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61737.htm [accessed 16 December 2010] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS –
Trafficking victims within the country worked in the sex industry. Underage
girls reportedly also were forced to work as criadas,
both domestically and in neighboring countries. According to the Secretariat
for Children and Adolescents, many of these children were sexually abused.
Government and NGO studies showed that most of the girls trafficked were
working as street vendors when traffickers targeted them and that 70 percent
of victims had drug addictions. The local NGO Grupo
Luna Nueva and the International Organization for
Migration reported that trafficking of women and children increased by 27
percent in the past five years. The trafficking of women and
children for sexual exploitation was a high-profit, low-risk activity for
traffickers who moved easily across the borders with On several occasions, Argentine
police rescued Paraguayan women from The government's primary focus in
protecting victims was the repatriation of its own citizens. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 12 October 2001 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/paraguay2001.html [accessed 16 December 2010] [4] In light of its previous
recommendation (CRC/C/15/Add.75, para. 41), the
Committee notes with satisfaction the promulgation in 1997 of the Adoption
Act to combat trafficking in children and establish strict control over all
matters connected with adoption, especially inter-country adoption. [49] The Committee expresses its
deep concern that, with regard to the increasing phenomenon of commercial
sexual exploitation of children, there are no data available, legislation is
inadequate, cases involving sexually exploited children are often not
investigated and prosecuted, victims are criminalized, and rehabilitation
programs are not available. It further notes that a national plan against
commercial sexual exploitation of children has not been developed. Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 3 Civil Liberties: 3 Status: Partly Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=363&year=2009&country=7682 [accessed 16 December 2010] Library of Congress Call Number F2668 .P24 1990 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/pytoc.html [accessed 16 December 2010] Save the Children Save the Children www.scslat.org/web/trabajo_temas_sociedad.php?id=I [accessed 16 December 2010] CIVIL SOCIETY - In particular, Save the
Children Sweden operates through a partnership with Global Infancia in Paraguay and CECODAP in Venezuela; the Latin
American and Caribbean Network for the Defense of Boys, Girls and
Adolescents’ Rights (REDLAMYC), a network gathering over 2300 organizations;
national children’s organization networks in El Salvador (RENAES), Paraguay
(PLATAFORMA) and Peru (REDNNA) that together represent over 2500 children,
and the Latin American Network of Boys, Girls and Adolescents (REDNNYA), with
active members in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Paraguay, Peru and
Venezuela. Triple Border Project, International Labour Organisation ILO Office for At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 10 September 2011] PERSONAL STORY MABELIA - Mabelia is 10 years old. On November 30, 2002, she was found by a merchant from Ciudad del Este on Adraina Jara y Pampliega street. It was approximately 9:00 p.m. when she was found in, what is perhaps, one of the most frequented corners of the centre of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. She was very dirty. Dressed in
pants and a pullover, and wearing Japanese-style slippers, when she was found
she had about 12 USD (80.000 Gs, Guaraníes) in her
pockets, a product of her 'sexual activity'. It had been 48 hours since she
had returned to her mother's home, but she feared going back, since she had not
met the goal that had been established by her mother, Doña
Maria. At the Courthouse, the young girl
told the judge that the money found in her pockets was the fruit of her
'sexual work'. She explained that, encouraged by her mother, she would leave
her house in the morning and sometimes would cross the Puente de la Amistad (Friendship Bridge)to the border city of Foz de Iguazu in Brazil on the
pretext of buying candies to sell later. She admitted to having an
'established clientele'. - htcp ILO to mark World Day Against Child Labour (12 June 2003) International Labour Organisation (ILO) News, www.hrea.org/lists/child-rights/markup/msg00200.html [accessed 16 December 2010] FROM LATIN AMERICA - The Triple Border region -
where Marcelino Gomes Paredes
and Cristian Ariel Nuñez - 14
years of age OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - Report Nº
82/03, Petition 12.330, October 22, 2003 www.cidh.org/annualrep/2003eng/Paraguay.12330.htm [accessed 16 December 2010] III. POSITION OF THE PARTIES … A. POSITION
OF THE PETITIONERS 7. The petitioners argue that,
despite the clear legal provisions prohibiting the recruitment of children
under the age of 18, and repeated complaints on this score, “the military and
police forces have made it a systematic, constant and frequent practice to
recruit minors between the ages of 12 and 17, and to date no steps have been
taken to curb this practice.” International Federation of Journalists - The 2002 Jury
Report International Federation of Journalists, 14 October 2002 www.ifj.org/en/articles/the-2002-jury-report [accessed 16 December 2010] IN THE REGIONAL CATEGORY OF LATIN
AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN THE 2002 NATALI PRIZE GOES TO: - The series of five articles by
Julio César Benegas
concerning human violations within the Military Service of Paraguay is
remarkable journalism, which highlights the corruption which is at the core
of the recruitment of child soldiers as well as the cultural aspects
involved. These articles also exposed the exploitation of child soldiers and
other human rights violations, which resulted in the death of 10 soldiers a
year on average. For military personnel Paraguay is one of the most dangerous
countries worldwide in peaceful times, Benegas
concluded in his report. All material used herein
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