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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
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- 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
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Belgium, call 078/15 14 13 Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61639.htm [accessed 22 January 2011] 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. 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 – 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 Sex Trafficking In 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] 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 All material used herein
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