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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery Oriental Republic of Uruguay [ Country-by-Country
Reports ] The Oriental
Republic of Uruguay [map] is the second smallest country in South America, and extends
from its short Atlantic coastline along the north bank of the Río de la Plata
to the Uruguay is a
source and transit country for men, women, and children trafficked for
purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. Most victims are
women, girls, and some boys trafficked within the country to border and
tourist areas for sexual exploitation. A government agency found that
families had facilitated the exploitation of many children in prostitution.
Impoverished parents reportedly turned over their children for domestic and
agricultural servitude in rural areas. Some Uruguayan women have been
trafficked to Spain and Italy for sexual exploitation. - U.S. State
Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2008 [full
country report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Child Labour : Various Forms of Child Labour Domestic Service - Children in
domestic servitude may well be the most vulnerable and exploited children of
all, as well as the most difficult to protect. They are often extremely
poorly paid or not paid at all, terms and conditions depend on whims and
fancies of their employees and take no account of their legal rights; they
are deprived of schooling, play and social activity, and emotional support
from friends and family. They are vulnerable to physical and sexual abuse. The isolationism makes it
difficult to discuss exact numbers. Local surveys have however reflected on
the gravity of the problem. ·
A survey of domestic workers in Uruguay found that 34% had
begun working before they were 14. ***
ARCHIVES *** U.S.
Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs CHILD
LABOR LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT - Forced or bonded labor, including by children, is prohibited by the
Constitution. The Commercial or
Noncommercial Sexual Violence Against Children, Adolescents, and the
Handicapped law addresses pornography, prostitution, and trafficking
involving minors. Prison terms for trafficking children in or out of
the country or contributing to the prostitution of a child range from 2 to 12
years. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – The country
was a source, destination, and transit point for trafficked persons, and
internal trafficking was a problem. Trafficking reportedly occurred primarily
to and from In January authorities discovered
an alien smuggling ring, which had engineered the illegal entry into the
country of more than 100 Chinese citizens, 15 of whom were found to have been
subjected to debt bondage. All victims were males between the ages of 20 and
38. Under threat of violence, the victims were forced to work 18 to 20 hours
per day on a rice farm while waiting to complete their onward travel to the Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 1996 [6] The Committee is concerned at
the insufficient measures adopted to harmonize national legislation with the
principles and provisions of the Convention, in spite of the fact that
international treaties ratified by Freedom
House Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free Human Rights Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide U.S. Library of Congress
- Country Study Uruguay
and Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents [PDF] 1.1
NATIONAL CHILDREN’S INSTITUTE - BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE AGENCY - Section 1 of the Code of
Children defines the National Children’s Institute as “the agency overseeing
all aspects of life and welfare of minors from conception until their majority”. The Institute was created by law 15977
dated 14 September 1988 as a legal decentralized service domiciled at
Montevideo. III.
AREA OF PROTECTION -
The countries were asked if they had recently implemented legal reforms to combat
commercial and noncommercial sexual exploitation based on the convention on
the Rights of the Child and other international juridical instruments. All
the countries responded affirmatively except Uruguay (which has not implemented reforms yet) and Panama which
had no information. Against
the Sexual Exploitation of Children In the only survey of the issue
carried out in Uruguay, in October 1998, some 22 percent of those questioned
said economic problems were the most relevant factor in this problem. Gonzalez stated in Uruguay there are no
"preventative solutions" underway to combat this type of sexual
exploitation. Child Labour : Various Forms of Child Labour Domestic Service - Children in
domestic servitude may well be the most vulnerable and exploited children of
all, as well as the most difficult to protect. They are often extremely
poorly paid or not paid at all, terms and conditions depend on whims and
fancies of their employees and take no account of their legal rights; they
are deprived of schooling, play and social activity, and emotional support
from friends and family. They are vulnerable to physical and sexual abuse. The isolationism makes it
difficult to discuss exact numbers. Local surveys have however reflected on
the gravity of the problem. ·
A survey of domestic workers in Uruguay found that 34% had
begun working before they were 14. All material used herein
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