C S E C The Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children In the early years of the 21st Century, 2000 to
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CAUTION: The following links
and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the
situation in HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking for
material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on this
page and others to see which aspects of child prostitution are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring how children got started, how they survive, and how
some succeed in leaving. Perhaps your
paper could focus on runaways and the abuse that led to their leaving. Other factors of interest might be poverty,
rejection, drug dependence, coercion, violence, addiction, hunger, neglect,
etc. On the other hand, you might
choose to write about the manipulative and dangerous adults who control this
activity. There is a lot to the
subject of Child Prostitution. Scan
other countries as well as this one.
Draw comparisons between activity in adjacent countries and/or
regions. Meanwhile, check out some of
the Term-Paper
resources that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. ***
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/bahrain/ [accessed 23 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law prohibits exploitation of a child for various
crimes, including prostitution. Penalties include imprisonment of no less
than three months if the accused used exploitation and force to commit the
crime and up to six years if the accused exploited more than one child, as
well as penalties of at least 2,000 dinars ($5,300) for individuals and at
least 10,000 dinars ($26,500) for organizations. The law also prohibits child
pornography. The Ministry of Justice reported prosecuting 113 cases of sexual
exploitation of children as of September, a significant increase over the
prior year. The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/bahrain.htm [accessed 25
February 2011] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor CHILD
LABOR LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT - Prostitution is illegal under the Penal Code, and the
forced prostitution of a child younger than 18 years of age is punishable by
up to 10 years imprisonment. Concluding Observations of the Committee
on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 1 February 2002 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/bahrain2002.html [accessed 25
February 2011] [49] The Committee
recommends that the State party ratify the Optional Protocols to the
Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography, and on the involvement of children in
armed conflict. Crime and Society -
A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World Dr. Robert Winslow, www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/rwinslow/asia_pacific/bahrain.html [accessed 13
September 2011] CHILDREN - In the past, the authorities reportedly returned children arrested for prostitution and other nonpolitical crimes to their families rather than prosecute them, especially for first offenses. There were no reports of child prostitution during the year. Legislation
Of Interpol Member States On Sexual Offences Against Children - Legislation of
Interpol member states on sexual offences against children, www.interpol.int/Public/Children/SexualAbuse/NationalLaws/csaBahrain.asp [accessed 3 April
2011] IV.
CHILD PROSTITUTION
- Encouraging male or female under 18 years of age
to enter prostitution is punishable by 5 years of imprisonment maximum. Forcing or enticing male or female under 18
years of age into prostitution is punishable by imprisonment from 3 up to 10 years. Educational Reform:
developments and prospects Gulf Centre for
Strategic Studies, Welcome to At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13
September 2011] NEWS SUMMARIES SHURA COUNCIL SUPPORTS BAHRAINI PARTICIPATION IN CAMPAIGN FOR CHILDREN’S RIGHTS - Child prostitution and pornography are serious problems in all parts of the world, and Bahrain is participating in a global campaign to combat these phenomena. In addition, the country is supporting an international drive to prevent children from being recruited for armed combat. Members of the Shura Council have voiced their support for two United Nations protocols on these issues: one calls for an active campaign against child trafficking, child prostitution and the use of children in pornography, while the other calls for a ban on the recruitment of children into military forces. 5.1 Middle East -
State of ECPAT International,
Looking Back Thinking Forward, November 2000 -- The fourth report on the
implementation of the Agenda for Action adopted at the World Congress against
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children held in At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13
September 2011] In
the wealthy oil producing states, (e.g. Commercial
sexual exploitation of children - Middle East/ based on the
situation analysis written by Dr Najat M’jid for the
Arab-African Forum against Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Rabat, Morocco,
24-26 October 2001 -- Source document (in French): Rapport sur la situation
de l’exploitation sexuelle
des enfants dans la région MENA, 10 septembre 2001 www.unicef.org/events/yokohama/backgound8.html [accessed 3 April
2011] These countries
also have in common, however, a number of constraints that have hindered
preparation of national plans of action. In all the countries of the region, there
is cultural resistance to addressing the problem because the subject is
largely taboo. Often the issue is
dealt with more generally under headings such as ‘violence’ and ‘trauma’. This means that there has been no regional
consensus on defining CSEC in law; in some countries, for example, it is
looked upon as an indecent act, in others as rape, although in all 20
countries there is some section of the penal code that can be invoked against
sexual abuse and exploitation. ***
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/2005/61686.htm [accessed 6 February
2020] CHILDREN
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Child prostitution is illegal and there were no reported cases during the
year. All
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