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FEATURED ARTICLE *** RIGHTS OF THE CHILD - Report of the Special Rapporteur on
the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Ms. Ofelia
Calcetas-Santos U.N. Economic and Social Council, Commission on Human
Rights, Fifty-sixth session, 22 December 1999 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/eee276066375879b8025689600531c70?Opendocument [accessed 5 April 2011] 35. Many children who suffer such
abuse in the home run away around the age of 12 or 13. They often enter
prostitution shortly afterwards in order to make some money while living on
the streets, and often to recreate the abuse that they have suffered
throughout their lives, in circumstances in which they have control over it. 37. Despite the very different
circumstances that lead these children, Belgian, immigrant or refugee, to
live and work on the streets, many aspects of their future will be similar.
Up to 70 per cent of them become addicted to cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, speed,
or a mixture of these, and some become drug dealers to support their
addiction. Other addictions include gambling, with estimates suggesting that
up to 80 per cent of the children’s earnings are spent in gambling halls. A
large number of such halls appeared in Brussels in 1995, and have now
replaced video parks as the main places for street children to hang out. ***
ARCHIVES *** Runaways
- Where To Turn For Help Before You Are Homeless www.homeless.org.au/runaways.htm [accessed 5 April 2011] Here are the best phone numbers to
call …They are Confidential - which means they won't tell anyone about your
call unless you want them to talk to somebody for you, or you are in
danger. They are open 24 Hours - it
doesn't matter what time you call In
Belgium, call 078/15 14 13 UNICEF - www.unicef.org/infobycountry/belgium.html [accessed 5 April 2011] Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61639.htm [accessed 22 January 2011] CHILDREN - Free full time education is
compulsory from ages 6 to 16; subsequently education remains compulsory until
the age of 18, but pupils may continue on a part time basis. Most children
over 15 years old (more than 75 percent) finish school with a secondary
diploma. Government and private groups
provided shelters for runaways and counseling for children who were
physically or sexually abused. Child Focus, the government-sponsored center
for missing and exploited children, reported that it handled 3,305 cases
concerning 3,658 children in 2004. Approximately 40 percent of the reported
cases concerned runaways. RIGHTS OF THE CHILD - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution
and child pornography, Ms. Ofelia Calcetas-Santos U.N. Economic and Social Council, Commission on Human
Rights, Fifty-sixth session, 22 December 1999 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/eee276066375879b8025689600531c70?Opendocument [accessed 5 April 2011] 35. Many children who suffer such
abuse in the home run away around the age of 12 or 13. They often enter
prostitution shortly afterwards in order to make some money while living on
the streets, and often to recreate the abuse that they have suffered
throughout their lives, in circumstances in which they have control over it. 37. Despite the very different
circumstances that lead these children, Belgian, immigrant or refugee, to
live and work on the streets, many aspects of their future will be similar. Up
to 70 per cent of them become addicted to cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, speed, or
a mixture of these, and some become drug dealers to support their addiction.
Other addictions include gambling, with estimates suggesting that up to 80
per cent of the children’s earnings are spent in gambling halls. A large
number of such halls appeared in Brussels in 1995, and have now replaced
video parks as the main places for street children to hang out. United Fund for United Fund for At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 September 2011] CHARITY OBJECTIVES - Shelter for children in difficulty … Shelter and orientation for young people in crisis … Accomm. & Guidance for Youngsters in Distress … Shelter and guidance for families and people on their own ... Lodging of 70 teenagers in psychic suffering ... Program offered to a group of school drop-outs in Brussels … etc. BBC News, Shirin Wheeler, BBC
Europe correspondent, 18 June, 2002 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2051904.stm [accessed 5 April 2011] "It was very hard. I left Street children Statistics Father's Care [Batkivska Turbota in Ukrainian] kievstreetkids.org/statistics.htm [accessed 5 April 2011] Industrialized Countries -
Commentary United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF, The Progress of
Nations, 1998 www.unicef.org/pon98/indust3.htm [accessed 5 April 2011] A number of cities in All material used herein
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