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CAUTION: The following links and accompanying text have been culled
from the web to illuminate the situation in the Solomon Islands. Some of these links may lead to websites that
present allegations that are unsubstantiated or even false. No attempt
has been made to validate their authenticity or to verify their content. *** ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2005 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor [PDF] www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2005/tda2005.pdf [accessed 22 December 2010] INCIDENCE AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Education in the CURRENT GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND
PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The Government of the Solomon
Islands has a National Youth Policy to address the welfare needs of youth
ages 14 to 29.4283 In order to promote access to primary education, the
government has abolished school fees. The government’s efforts to improve
teacher training facilities and to provide more materials for schools have
been hampered by its limited budget. Human Rights Reports » 2006
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78791.htm [accessed 22 December 2010] CHILDREN - Most children at the primary
school level, where fees were eliminated in 2005, attended school. All
medical care for children was free; however, the lack of resources seriously
reduced the quality and availability of medical care. The law grants children the same
general rights and protections as adults, and there are laws designed to
protect children from sexual abuse, child labor, and neglect. Children
generally were respected and protected within the traditional extended family
system, in accordance with a family's financial resources and access to
services, although some cases of child abuse were reported. Virtually no
children were homeless or abandoned. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 6 June 2003 www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/documents/829/552/document/en/text.html [accessed 22 December 2010] [56] The Committee is concerned
that there are children forced to live on the streets and that they are
vulnerable to, inter alia, sexual abuse, violence, including
from the police, exploitation, lack of access to education, substance abuse, STIs and malnutrition. Child sex tourism offences in the Pacific Adapted from: ECPAT International Newsletter,
February-March, No. 51, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 19 July 2011] SOLOMON ISLANDS - CONFERENCE ON
CHILD PROTECTION & COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The existence of CSEC in the
Solomon Islands is beyond dispute. The case of a Solomon Islands boy
being brought to Australia for sexual purposes was presented to the
gathering. Further, Sr. Lilian, a community worker
in Honiara, discussed the increasing number of street children and
prostitutes in Honiara seen in the 20 years she has worked with the Sisters. All material used herein
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