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 Brunei Darussalam. Some of these links may lead to websites that
present allegations that are unsubstantiated, misleading or even false. No attempt has been made to validate their
authenticity or to verify their content. 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. HELP for Victims Police
Department ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** The Protection
Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/brunei.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Young people
from Brunei Darussalam and several other countries in southeastern Asia are
reportedly trafficked to ***
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/brunei/ [accessed 23 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - By law sexual intercourse with a girl younger than 14
(15 if ethnically Chinese) constitutes rape and is punishable by imprisonment
of from eight to 30 years plus a minimum of 12 strokes of the cane. The law
provides for protection of women, girls, and boys from commercial sexual
exploitation through prostitution and “other immoral purposes,” including
pornography. The government applied the law against “carnal intercourse
against the order of nature” to prosecute rape of male children. The minimum
age for consensual sex outside of marriage is 16. Brunei Human Rights
Practices, 1994 At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13
September 2011] CHILDREN - There are no published statistics regarding the welfare of children. The strong commitment to family values within society, the high standard of living, and government funding for children's welfare provides most children a healthy and nurturing environment. With a few exceptions involving small villages in extremely remote areas, nutritional standards are high and poverty is almost unknown. Instances of child abuse appear low, and child prostitution seems to be nonexistent. Statement
at the UN Special Session (UNGASS) On Children Statement by The
Honorable Pehin Dato Haji
Hussain, Brunei Darussalam Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, United
Nations, New York, 9th May 2002 www.un.org/ga/children/bdE.htm [accessed 10 April
2011] acr.hrschool.org/Newsletter/weeklynewsletterv1n4.htm [accessed 10 April
2011] [scroll down] The Hari Raya
festival, which falls on December 6th this year, marks the end of
the fasting month of Ramadan. However, these days also witness a steep
increase in the numbers of “festive” child beggars on the streets of
Brunei. Acknowledging this problem, a warning has been issued to
parents and guardians to avoid exploiting their children for begging or other
illegal activities or face stern punishment. ***
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/2005/61602.htm [accessed 7 February
2020] CHILDREN
- With
a few exceptions, involving small villages in extremely remote areas,
nutritional standards were high and poverty was almost unknown. Between 20 and 30
young female rape and sexual abuse victims, between 9 and 15 years of age, were
housed at the government‑sponsored Taman Noor Hidayah
women's shelter. The penalty
for the rape of a minor is 8 to 30 years' imprisonment and caning with not fewer than 12 strokes. TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– A statute outlaws sexual exploitation and trafficking of women and girls.
In addition, a variety of other laws, primarily those related to prostitution
and the protection of minors, could be applied against sex traffickers. All
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