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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Venezuela: The silent cry: gross human rights violations
against children Amnesty International, Index Number: AMR 53/013/1997, Date
Published: 30 September 1997 www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR53/013/1997/en [accessed 15 August 2011] CASES STUDIES INVOLVING THE
EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING OF MINORS: Members of the Venezuelan security forces conducting
anti-crime operations sometimes act with complete disregard for the right to
life of children. Frequently, their attitude and actions are characteristic
of a "social cleansing" policy, in which perceived criminal
suspects, a category in which they include street children, are singled out
for elimination. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF – www.unicef.org/infobycountry/venezuela.html [accessed 15 August 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/venezuela.htm [accessed 16 January 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - UNICEF estimated that 9.9 percent of children ages 5 to 14 years in
Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61745.htm [accessed 16 January 2011] CHILDREN - CECODAP estimated that
approximately 15 thousand children lived on the street. Authorities in
Caracas and several other jurisdictions imposed curfews on unsupervised
minors to cope with the phenomenon of street children. Because reform
institutions were filled to capacity, hundreds of children accused of
infractions, such as curfew violations, were confined in inadequate juvenile
detention centers. SECTION 6
WORKER RIGHTS – [d]
The law protects children from exploitation in the workplace. The Ministry of
Labor and the National Institute for Minors enforced child labor policies
effectively in the formal sector of the economy but less so in the informal
sector. The Foundation for Training in the Investigation of Human Resources
estimated in 2004 that there were 1.6 million children working in various
sectors of the labor market, including 206 thousand involved in prostitution,
panhandling, or drug trafficking. Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social,
and Cultural Rights 21 May 2001 www.unhcr.org/refworld/publisher,CESCR,CONCOBSERVATIONS,VEN,3cc7f9e86,0.html [accessed 26 August 2011] [16] The Committee is alarmed about the high rate of
domestic violence and the extent of child prostitution and trafficking in
children, and regrets the lack of available statistics on the number of
street children. The Committee is deeply concerned about the extent of the
sex trade involving children and the inability of the State party to address
these issues. Patrick J. O'Donoghue's news and
views from Venezuela Patrick J. O'Donoghue, News
Editor, VHeadline www.pr-inside.com/patrick-j-o-donoghue-s-news-and-r1009887.htm [accessed 15 August 2011] Mistakes have been made, he
recognizes, and the first attempt at dealing with the problem ended in
failure. During his address at the National Assembly, Chavez declared that
there are still street children in Venezuela but insists that they are not
abandoned and can attend half-way centers where they will monitored after
leaving by specially trained "street educators." The old Institute of Minors (INAM)
has been transformed, Chavez maintains, and around 278 children are interned
in centers receiving integral attention. The government has introduced a
scheme of substitute families to help children with problems as the first
step in an adoption program. In 2008, 100 children in difficult circumstances
were returned to their original families and 193 families have been assessed
as possible adoption families for children in institutions. Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 15 August 2011] 24. The Committee deplores the
continually worsening situation of street children. Those children are at
high risk of sexual violence and are vulnerable to sexual trafficking. The State party should take effective
measures for the protection and rehabilitation of street children, pursuant
to article 24 of the Covenant, including measures to end sexual exploitation
and child pornography. Music saved the street children of Ben Hoyle, Arts Reporter, The Times, August 13, 2007 www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2246441.ece [accessed 15 August 2011] In the violent slums of Chavez Frias defends his record
in protecting street children and excluded sectors Patrick J. O'Donoghue, News
Editor, VHeadline This article has been archived by World Street Children
News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 15 August 2011] The mission aims to provide
integral attention and protection to children and adolescents living on the
streets, old people abandoned and living in extreme poverty and pregnant
teenagers. The program also seeks to
help persons with physical disabilities, tramps, and all those who are living
conditions of social exclude exclusion.
The President is committed to getting rid of misery in all
communities. View
From reasonovermight.blogspot.com/2004/12/view-from-venezuela.html [accessed 15 August 2011] Our own institutions dealing with
children (INAM) report more than Reports to Treaty Bodies - Committee on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
April/May 2001 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 15 August 2011] The Committee also expressed
concern about the following: … the extent of child prostitution and of
trafficking in children, the lack of available statistics on the number of
street children, the extent of the sex trade involving children and the
government's inability to address these issues; the alarmingly high level of
poverty, especially among the indigenous peoples; the failure to integrate
economic, social and cultural rights into the government's anti-poverty
program. President Hugo Chavez Of Steve Ellner, ZMagazine At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 15 August 2011] The First Lady, Marisabel Rodríguez de Chávez, who has played an active role on behalf of
children rights in general, and street children in particular, was elected to
the Constituent Assembly with the second largest vote in 2000. She proposed
the creation of an institution called The Defender of the Rights of Children
that would encourage children to come forward and denounce abuses. Education Chevron Corporation www.chevron.com/globalissues/economiccommunitydevelopment/education/ [accessed 15 August 2011] Communities prosper when people
have the ability to help themselves and are supported by an environment that
enables them to pursue their ambitions. Education and training are central to
building this capacity and sustaining long-term economic development. We
focus our investments on school- and work-based career and technical
programs. We sponsor reading, science and math classes. And we help train
educators. Street Children Used As Political Tool In
War On Government Patrick J. O'Donoghue, News
Editor, VHeadline adam.antville.org/stories/395803/ [accessed 15 August 2011] President Hugo Chavez Frias is said to be annoyed by the success of the
Cisneros Organization's telethon for street children last weekend, which
netted $4.37 million in two days.
According to the organizers, the funds will be used to construct a
site that will harbor 600 children in need. The Process and the 'Strike' - Justin Podur
interviews Diana Valentine Diana Valentine, ZNet, January
19, 2003 www.zcommunications.org/the-process-and-the-strike-by-diana-valentine [accessed 15 August 2011] THE
OPPOSITION SHOWS ADS SAYING THAT CHAVEZ HASN'T SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF
STREET-CHILDREN. WHAT DO THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SAY ABOUT THIS? - UNICEF estimates there are 7,000 street children
here, but the community organizations think it's closer to double that.
I met with two women who have been doing community work in the barrios for
over 20 years with street children. They don't blame Chavez for it and
they don't think Chavez made any false promises. They quoted him as
saying that the plan was to 'dignify the street children', and they use that
to guide them in their work. Amnesty International, Index Number: AMR 53/013/1997, Date
Published: 30 September 1997 www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR53/013/1997/en [accessed 15 August 2011] CASES STUDIES INVOLVING THE EXTRA-JUDICIAL
KILLING OF MINORS:
Members of the Venezuelan security forces conducting anti-crime operations
sometimes act with complete disregard for the right to life of children.
Frequently, their attitude and actions are characteristic of a "social
cleansing" policy, in which perceived criminal suspects, a category in
which they include street children, are singled out for elimination. All material used herein
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