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Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children In the early years of the 21st Century
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ARCHIVES *** 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] 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. Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61686.htm [accessed 20 January 2011] CHILDREN
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Child prostitution is illegal and there were no reported cases during the
year. 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to At one time this article had been archived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. All
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