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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Children At Risk
Between Eastern And Western European Borders News item, 03 June 2005 At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13
September 2011] A study supported by
UNICEF in the Stolen Youth: Child
Prostitution Plagues German-Czech Border Deutsche Welle DW-WORLD.DE, 29.10.2003 www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1016270,00.html [accessed 1 April
2011] The children wait
by supermarkets, restaurants and gas stations along the Czech motorways just
across the border from "Young
children less than six years old are offered to the sex tourists by women,
whereas the older ones are usually accompanied by men or male
teenagers," Schauer said. "But eight-year-olds
come along on their own and do their own negotiations about payment and
sexual practices." ***
ARCHIVES *** Human
Rights Reports » 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor,
March 10, 2020 www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/austria/ [accessed 23 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law provides up to 15 years’ imprisonment for an
adult convicted of sexual intercourse with a child younger than 14, the
minimum age for consensual sex for both girls and boys. It is a crime to
possess, trade, or privately view child pornography. Possession of or trading
in child pornography is punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment. The
government effectively enforced these laws. ECPAT Global
Monitoring Report on the status of action against commercial exploitation of
children - AUSTRIA [PDF] ECPAT 2005 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/Europe/Global_Monitoring_Report-AUSTRIA.pdf [accessed 1 April
2011] Due to its location
at the centre of western Europe, Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 28 January 2005 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/f5f9eea44fdb6bcdc1256fa5003ac54d?OpenDocument [accessed 20 January
2011] [51] The Committee
welcomes the State party's efforts in addressing the sexual abuse and child
pornography, e.g. the National Plan of Action of 1998 against Sexual Abuse
and Child Pornography in the Internet and through training of the police and
other professionals. The Committee also notes the Criminal Law Amendment Act
of 2004, which contains a new regulation on trafficking in human beings. Five Years After ECPAT: Fifth Report
on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC] ECPAT International,
November 2001 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/five_years_after_stockholm.pdf [accessed 13
September 2011] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Austrian Platform
against CSEC (Respect) ECPAT International www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_network/Groups/groups.asp?regionid=4 At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] The Austrian
Platform against CSEC is a coalition of eight NGOs working on child rights
issues. In November 2003, respect initiated the foundation of the Austrian
Platform and is currently the coordinator and providing office for
infrastructure, with two working groups, which were established in 2004. One
group, ’Tourism and Exploitation' focuses on pushing and lobbying for
implementation of the Code of Conduct in ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** Human Rights Reports
» 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61636.htm [accessed 4 February
2020] CHILDREN - Child abuse was a problem, and the government continued its efforts to monitor abuse and prosecute offenders. The Ministry for Social Welfare, Generations, and Consumer Protection estimated that 90 percent of child abuse cases occurred within families or was committed by close family members or family friends. Law enforcement officials noted a growing readiness to report abuse cases. According to authorities, approximately 20,000 abuse incidents are reported annually in the country The law provides
that adults having sexual intercourse with a child under 14 may be punished
with a prison sentence of up to 10 years. If the victim is impregnated, the sentence
may be extended to 15 years. In 2004 the Interior Ministry reported 1,504
cases of child abuse, most involving intercourse with a minor, while the
Justice Ministry reported 332 convictions. All
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