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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the
early years of the 21st Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/StVincent&Grenadines.htm
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a potential source
country for children trafficked internally for the purposes of sexual
exploitation; it may also be a destination country for women trafficked for
the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation. Anecdotal reporting suggests
the number of victims trafficked in, to, or through St. Vincent and the
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Human Trafficking Concerns in the Commonwealth Caribbean:
the 2009 Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) London, 24
June 2009 [accessed 25 December 2010] ST. VINCENT AND THE 7. This the first time that St. Vincent
and the Grenadines has been mentioned in a TIP report. Although the
government of 8. This lack of substantiated
information is problematic, as it belies the actual extent of trafficking.
Furthermore, lack of information allows for the official sidestepping, even denial
of the issue. Indeed, the lack of investigation and information on human
trafficking in St. Vincent and the Grenadines reflects the lack of
comprehensive domestic antitrafficking law
enforcement and protection and prevention policies. St. Vincent and the
Grenadines has no specific law prohibiting the trafficking in persons. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2006 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor [PDF] www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/tda/tda2006/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.pdf [accessed 25 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - There is concern that child prostitution is becoming a larger
problem in CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - Research has not identified any policies or programs by
the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to address exploitive
child labor. Human Rights Reports » 2008
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/wha/119173.htm [accessed 25 December 2010] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – The law
does not address trafficking in persons specifically, nor does the government
have any specific programs to do so.
Several Nepalese nationals were trafficked to the country with the
promise of work permits in Canada and the United States, but the government
returned them all to Nepal. There were no other reports that persons were
trafficked to, from, within, or through the country. SECTION 6
WORKER RIGHTS – [c]
The law prohibits forced or compulsory labor, including by children, and
there were no reports that such practices occurred. The Protection Project - St.
Vincent & The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/vincent.doc [accessed 2009] FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE - The growth of the sex tourism industry in the Caribbean and FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Trafficking in women and
children for sexual exploitation is a growing concern in the entire Caribbean
region. Millions of children in the region are victims of commercial sexual
exploitation, sex tourism, pornography, underage domestic labor, and
trafficking. GOVERNMENT RESPONSES - The constitution of St. Vincent
and the Grenadines prohibits slavery and forced labor. The Employment of Women, Young Persons,
and Children Act of 1935 (as revised in 1990) makes the employment of
children in industrial undertakings and ships illegal. Use of children and women for night work also
is prohibited. The act defines a child as a person younger than 14 years. Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 2 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2009&country=7693 [accessed 25 December 2010] Caribbean360 News, www.caribbean360.com/index.php/news/15331.html [accessed 25 December 2010] Vincentian Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves told Parliament yesterday that he was so upset
by the country being placed in the second tier watch list in the department's
2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, that he had written to US Secretary
of State Hilary Clinton expressing the government's displeasure and had also
held discussions with the Chargé d'Affaires of the
United States Embassy to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Brent Hardt. "There is no evidential basis
for the placement of St Vincent and the Grenadines on any such watch
list," he said, adding that the State Department had acted unfairly and
arbitrarily and that whoever prepared the report did so based on
"hearsay, unreliable information and some mischief making possibly by
some busy-bodies". "St
Vincent does not have trafficking of persons," Gonsalves
insisted. Human Trafficking Concerns in the Commonwealth Caribbean:
the 2009 Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) [accessed 25 December 2010] ST. VINCENT AND THE 7. This the first time that St.
Vincent and the Grenadines has been mentioned in a TIP report. Although the
government of 8. This lack of substantiated
information is problematic, as it belies the actual extent of trafficking.
Furthermore, lack of information allows for the official sidestepping, even
denial of the issue. Indeed, the lack of investigation and information on
human trafficking in St. Vincent and the Grenadines reflects the lack of
comprehensive domestic antitrafficking law enforcement
and protection and prevention policies. St. Vincent and the Grenadines has no
specific law prohibiting the trafficking in persons. All material used herein
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