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rejection, drug dependence, coercion, violence, addiction, hunger, neglect,
etc. On the other hand, you might
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activity. There is a lot to the
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other countries as well as this one.
Draw comparisons between activity in adjacent countries and/or
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resources that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. HELP for Victims For
Bruxelles : 02/511.64.64 ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** Squalid road that
leads to Andrew Osborne in www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/jun/24/andrewosborn.theobserver [accessed 22 January
2011] Children are being
lured from poverty to horror in the heart of ***
ARCHIVES *** Runaways - Where To Turn For Help Before You Are Homeless www.homeless.org.au/runaways.htm [accessed 5 April
2011] Here are the best
phone numbers to call …They are Confidential - which means they won't tell
anyone about your call unless you want them to talk to somebody for you, or
you are in danger. They are open 24
Hours - it doesn't matter what time you call
In Belgium, call 078/15 14 13 ECPAT Country
Monitoring Report [PDF] Elphie Galland,
Sarah Haider, Camille Pesquer
and François-Xavier Souchet, ECPAT International,
2016 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/A4A_V2_EU_BELGIUM_ENGLISH_v2015.pdf [accessed 26 August
2020] Desk review of
existing information on the sexual exploitation of children (SEC) in Belgium.
The report looks at protection mechanisms, responses, preventive measures,
child and youth participation in fighting SEC, and makes recommendations for
action against SEC. 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/belgium/ [accessed 23 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law prohibits sexual exploitation, abduction, and
trafficking of children and includes severe penalties for child pornography
and possession of pedophilic materials. Authorities enforced the law. The
penalties for producing and disseminating child pornography range up to 15
years’ imprisonment and up to one year in prison for possessing such
material. Local girls and foreign children were subjected to sex trafficking
within the country. The minimum age for
consensual sex is 16. Statutory rape carries penalties of imprisonment for up
30 years. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 7 June 2002 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/belgium2002.html [accessed 22 January
2011] [27] The Committee
reiterates its satisfaction for the numerous measures taken by the State
party to combat the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children. It is
nevertheless concerned that trafficking for the purposes of sexual or other
exploitation is still a problem. RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
- Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography, Ms. Ofelia Calcetas-Santos U.N. Economic and
Social Council, Commission on Human Rights, Fifty-sixth session, 22 December
1999 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/eee276066375879b8025689600531c70?Opendocument [accessed 5 April
2011] 32. In a highly
developed country such as 33. These causes
include suffering violence and sexual abuse, or emotional neglect and
indifference, in the home from a young age. The Special Rapporteur even
received reports of children having been given by their parents to other
members of the family or friends for the purpose of sexual abuse. 34. It is
particularly difficult to assess the extent of child prostitution involving
young children. Much of this type of abuse is hidden, taking place behind
closed doors while the child is still living with his or her family, and most
children feel too much guilt and shame to try to seek help. 35. Many children
who suffer such abuse in the home run away around the age of 12 or 13. They
often enter prostitution shortly afterwards in order to make some money while
living on the streets, and often to recreate the abuse that they have
suffered throughout their lives, in circumstances in which they have control
over it. 36. Older children
and teenagers are more likely to admit their involvement in prostitution. The
majority of those being assisted by non-governmental organizations are aged
between 15 and 18. 37. Despite the
very different circumstances that lead these children, Belgian, immigrant or
refugee, to live and work on the streets, many aspects of their future will
be similar. Up to 70 per cent of them become addicted to cocaine, heroin,
ecstasy, speed, or a mixture of these, and some become drug dealers to
support their addiction. Other addictions include gambling, with estimates
suggesting that up to 80 per cent of the children=s earnings are spent in
gambling halls. A large number of such halls appeared in Brussels in 1995,
and have now replaced video parks as the main places for street children to
hang out. 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 – Sex Trafficking In
Belgium Expatica.com, April
2003 www.genderberg.com/phpNuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12 [accessed 22 January
2011] The trafficking of
adults and minors for sexual exploitation has been of growing concern to WHY BELGIUM? - “Most of those
destined for prostitution are young women between the ages of 21 and 30 and
teenage girls under the age of 18.” Child-sex trial
shocks BBC News, 31
January, 2002 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1794209.stm [accessed 5 April
2011] A man accused of
raping his three daughters and turning one of them into a prostitute has gone
on trial in the southern Belgian town of The Protection
Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/belgium.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Women and
children are trafficked to Belgian and foreign children are sexually exploited in Belgium. Foreign minors are exploited in sweatshops, Turkish bakeries, and Moroccan shops. They are also used as domestic servants in diplomats’ homes. Sports agents exploit young soccer players from Africa and South America. Reportedly, gangs organize begging rings involving minors or people with disabilities. Such gangs operate in large cities and involve mostly adults or children from Romania. Amnesty
International Report 2004 - Amnesty
International, 26 May 2004 www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,AMNESTY,ANNUALREPORT,BEL,,40b5a1ed10,0.html [accessed 5 April
2011] [accessed 30 October
2016] Measures undertaken
to combat human trafficking appeared insufficient in view of reports of a
continuing increase in trafficking in women and children for sexual
exploitation. Trafficking in
Children for Sexual Purposes ECPAT International
Newsletters, Issue 33, 1/December/2000 At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13
September 2011] EASTERN EUROPE - The
Dutroux Multiple Kidnapping, Abuse and Murder Case B.A. www.religioustolerance.org/ra_charl.htm [accessed 23 August
2011] One of the most
shocking stories of the 1990's surfaced 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/2005/61639.htm [accessed 7 February
2020] CHILDREN
- Although
child prostitution was not widespread, it was a problem. As a result of the
government's 2004 campaign to prevent child prostitution, the public appeared
more aware of the problem, and increased reporting was evident. All
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