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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the
first ten years of the 21st Century -
2000 to 2009
Luxembourg is a destination country for women trafficked
primarily from Russia and Ukraine for the purpose of commercial sexual
exploitation. An increasing number of women from Africa, primarily Nigeria,
are engaged in prostitution in the country, and are particularly vulnerable
to trafficking due to debts they incur in the process of migrating – legally
or illegally -- to Luxembourg. The government and NGOs did not identify any
cases of forced labor during the reporting period. - U.S. State Dept
Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Concluding
Observations of the Human Rights Committee - 2003 [3] The Committee has taken note
of the Luxembourg delegation's position that the Covenant takes precedence
over internal law, including the Constitution. The Committee welcomes the
institutional changes the State party is making in prisons in order to
prevent suicides. It has also taken
note of the initiatives in the form of bills that the State party is taking
in order to ensure better protection for the victims of trafficking in
persons for the purposes of forced prostitution and for witnesses in
judicial proceedings; to combat family violence; and to change the law
relating to the press to embody in it the principle of proportionality. It
has taken note of the State party's intention not only to implement the
relevant legislative provisions, but also to make society, and victims, in
particular, aware of the use of existing protection mechanisms. ***
ARCHIVES *** Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – The law prohibits
trafficking in persons; however, the country was a destination for women
trafficked from There were no government services
specifically for victims of trafficking; however, two NGOs, which were fully
financed by the government, provided shelter and counseling assistance to
women in distress. There were no government
prevention programs specifically targeting trafficking at year's end. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2005 [57] While welcoming the many
legislative and other measures taken by the State party to combat and raise
awareness of the problem of sexual exploitation, trafficking in persons and
child pornography, the Committee is concerned that the conditions of work for
women and girls arriving in Luxembourg to work in the entertainment sector
are such that they may be exposed to the risk of prostitution and trafficking
in human beings. Freedom
House Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free One
in 12 children forced into world's 'worst forms' of labor "One way to put an end to the
exploitation of children... is by taking action to make poverty history and
ensuring a commitment to more and better international aid," said UNICEF
UK executive director David Bull. The
report said that in the 43 countries where annual incomes are 500 dollars
(383 euros) or less per person, between 30 and 60 percent of children are
used in child labor, while in countries where average income rises to
500-1,000 dollars, the percentage of child laborers drops to between 10 and
30 percent. "They form a vicious
circle, poverty giving rise to labor and labor perpetuating poverty,"
the report said. UNICEF UK lauded the pledge of
developed countries, made more than 30 years ago, of allocating 0.7 percent
of gross domestic product to development aid but regretted that only five
countries today fulfill that promise -- Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Sweden. Concluding
Observations of the Human Rights Committee - 2003 [3] The Committee has taken note
of the Luxembourg delegation's position that the Covenant takes precedence
over internal law, including the Constitution. The Committee welcomes the
institutional changes the State party is making in prisons in order to prevent
suicides. It has also taken note of
the initiatives in the form of bills that the State party is taking in order
to ensure better protection for the victims of trafficking in persons for the
purposes of forced prostitution and for witnesses in judicial proceedings;
to combat family violence; and to change the law relating to the press to
embody in it the principle of proportionality. It has taken note of the State
party's intention not only to implement the relevant legislative provisions,
but also to make society, and victims, in particular, aware of the use of
existing protection mechanisms. Why
Prostitution Should Not Be Decriminilised SEXUAL SLAVERY, TRAFFICKING AND FORCED
PROSTITUTION AN INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM - it will escalate in south africa
if we decriminilize prostitution. Sexual slavery is an International business
and an International problem. The International Criminal Police Organization
(INTERPOL) has uncovered the existence of a number of International networks
and crime syndicates involved in buying and transporting women and children
for sexual exploitation. In other words, sexual slavery is conducted in an
International scale. According to the report, trafficking in thousands of
women and children flows from Latin America to Puerto Rico, to Southern
Europe and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Another flows from Southeast
Asia to the Middle East and Central and Northern Europe. There is a regional
European market, supplied in part by Latin America and exporting French women
to Luxembourg and the Federal
Republic of Germany. Concluding comments of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Luxembourg 394. The Committee welcomes the
law of May 1999 that strengthened measures against trafficking in humans and
the sexual exploitation of children and, in particular, extended Luxembourg
law to cover all sexual crimes or misdemeanours
committed abroad by citizens of Luxembourg. 411. The Committee urges the
Government to develop a policy and legislation to prevent and eliminate
domestic violence, and sexual violence, including rape, against women and
girls, and to prosecute violators. The Committee calls on the State party to
collect statistics on th e incidence of domestic
violence, and comprehensive information on the impact of measures against
domestic violence. The Committee also
recommends that the Government gather further information on the impact of
the law on trafficking in humans and the sexu al
exploitation of children. All material used herein
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