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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery Republic of Chad [ Country-by-Country
Reports ] The Chad is a
source, transit, and destination country for children trafficked for the
purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The majority of children
are trafficked within Chad for involuntary domestic servitude, herding,
forced begging, or sexual exploitation. Chadian children are also trafficked
to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and Nigeria for cattle herding.
Minors may also be trafficked from Cameroon and the Central African Republic
to Chad's oil producing regions for sexual exploitation. Reports indicate
that Chadian rebels and the Chadian National Army unlawfully recruit minors
into the armed forces. UNHCR reported that Sudanese rebels recruit Sudanese
minors into armed forces from refugee camps in Chad. - U.S. State
Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2007 [full
country report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Protection Project - Chad [DOC] FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE - Trafficking in African women and children for forced prostitution
or labor is exacerbated by war, poverty, and flawed or nonexistent birth
registration systems, according to a recent United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF) study. Poverty aggravates already desperate conditions caused by
conflict, discrimination, and repression, and unregistered children are easy
to move between countries, as they never formally acquire a nationality. The
study also found that Africa’s 3.3 million refugees and the estimated 12.7
million internally displaced persons are the most vulnerable to trafficking. ***
ARCHIVES *** U.S. Dept
of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - There are reports of child trafficking in Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - Several human rights
organizations reported on the problem of the mahadjir children who attended
certain Islamic schools and were forced by their teachers to beg for food and
money. There was no reliable estimate of the number of mahadjir children.
During the year the High Islamic Council held a public meeting with imams
from around the country to discuss the treatment of children under Islam. TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – Although
the law prohibits trafficking in persons, persons were trafficked within the
country. Children were trafficked for forced labor, primarily as herders or domestic
workers (see section 6.d.). A 2004 NGO survey of 500 child herders who had
been returned to their parents indicated that there may have been between
1,500 and 2 thousand children between 6 and 17 years of age who had been
trafficked as child herders. Local authorities, religious groups, and NGOs
rescued 256 children in 2004-05. The government arrested
traffickers during the year. In May a citizen was arrested in SECTION 6
WORKER RIGHTS – [d]
There were cases in some southern regions in which families sold their
children. In some areas local authorities fined parents caught selling their
children into forced labor. To avoid detection, some families worked with
intermediaries to pass children from families to the farm owners. During the year there were reports
that in the southern part of the country families contracted out their
children to Arab nomadic herders to help care for their animals, and the
children often were abused and returned with little financial compensation
for their work. There were also credible reports
that children were forced into slavery. According to a 2004 UN news service
report, aid workers in the country estimated that families have sold as many
as two thousand children--some as young as eight--into a system of slavery in
which they worked as child cattle herders. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 1999 [35] While taking note of the
existing awareness and political will regarding the problems caused by the
involvement of children in armed conflict, the Committee remains seriously
concerned about the lack of resources available to support the rehabilitation
and social reintegration of demobilized child soldiers. The Committee is
particularly concerned about the situation of traumatized or permanently
disabled former child soldiers and their lack of access to compensation or
other support services. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure
the enforcement of its legislation banning the recruitment of children under
18 years. It also encourages the redoubling of efforts to allocate the
necessary resources, if necessary with international assistance, to the
rehabilitation and social reintegration of former child soldiers, and in
particular to provide compensation and support services to traumatized or
permanently disabled former child soldiers Chad:
Legal Framework a Hindrance in 'Child-Trafficking' Case Six members of the group -
arrested on 25 October - have been charged with abducting minors for the
purpose of changing their civil status (giving them new parents), a crime
that carries a penalty of five to 20 years of forced labour. Although the information has not
yet been verified, there is speculation in this case that the children were
willingly handed over, in which case abduction would be difficult to prove,
Ndiaye said. Trafficking legislation
usually encompasses the illegal recruitment of children from
"vulnerable" parents, who may agree to give up their children
because they cannot care for them, he said.
A conviction in child trafficking also allows authorities to seize any
assets used in the commission of the crime, Ndiaye said, which can deter
future incidences. Protection Project - Chad [DOC] FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE - Trafficking in African women and children for forced prostitution
or labor is exacerbated by war, poverty, and flawed or nonexistent birth
registration systems, according to a recent United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF) study. Poverty aggravates already desperate conditions caused by
conflict, discrimination, and repression, and unregistered children are easy
to move between countries, as they never formally acquire a nationality. The
study also found that Africa’s 3.3 million refugees and the estimated 12.7
million internally displaced persons are the most vulnerable to trafficking. Freedom
House Country Report - Political Rights: 6 Civil Liberties: 5 Status: Not Free Human Rights Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide U.S. Library of Congress
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