C S E C The Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children In the early years of the 21st Century, 2000 to
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situation in the HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking for
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interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring how children got started, how they survive, and how
some succeed in leaving. Perhaps your
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rejection, drug dependence, coercion, violence, addiction, hunger, neglect,
etc. On the other hand, you might
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Crime and Society
- A comparative Criminology tour of
the world - CAR Dr. Robert Winslow,
A Comparative Criminology tour of the world, San Diego State University www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/rwinslow/africa/central_african_republic.html [accessed 12
Aug 2013] CHILDREN - Some girls enter
prostitution to earn money for the survival of the family. The presence of
international peacekeeping forces in the capital has aggravated the problem
of teenage prostitution. Child prostitution increased in the capital until
late in the year, when MINURCA began its withdrawal from the country. The
Government did not address these problems during the year. ***
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/central-african-republic/ [accessed 23 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - During the year the government cabinet drafted the
Child Protection Act. The draft legislation has a series of measures that
address the exploitation of minors. The legislation was at the National
Assembly for approval ratification at year’s end. There are no
statutory rape or child pornography laws to protect minors. The family code
prescribes penalties for the commercial exploitation of children, including
imprisonment and financial penalties. The minimum age of sexual consent is 18,
but it was rarely observed. Armed groups
committed sexual violence against children and used girls as sex slaves (see
sections 1.g. and 2.d.). In April MINUSCA
and the NGO Justice Rapid Response sponsored a three-day workshop for 26
child protection workers in Bangui. The workshop provided training to
strengthen monitoring, investigating, and reporting skills necessary to
address crimes against children. 2018 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor Office of Child Labor,
Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking, Bureau of International Labor Affairs,
US Dept of Labor, 2019 www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ILAB/child_labor_reports/tda2018/ChildLaborReportBook.pdf [accessed 22 August
2020] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor [page 317] Although the
government worked with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization
Mission in CAR (MINUSCA), UNICEF, and other partner agencies to demobilize and
reintegrate children into community life, there were allegations of abuse and
commercial sexual exploitation lodged against UN peacekeepers. (2-4,15,22-24) As of September 2018, approximately 643,000
people were displaced within CAR. (25) Concluding Observations
of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 6 October 2000 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/centralafrica2000.html [accessed 28 January
2011] [84] The Committee
is concerned that children may be at risk of being sold or made to engage in
prostitution. The Protection
Project - Central African Republic [DOC] The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/car.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING
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Children from the Worst Forms of
Child Labour Report 2005 - Central Africa Republic Global March Against
Child Labour, 2005 beta.globalmarch.org/worstformsreport/world/central-african-republic.html [accessed 12
September 2012] CHILD PROSTITUTION - Child
prostitution remained a problem. Some girls entered prostitution to earn
money for their families. ***
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/2005/61560.htm [accessed 7 February
2020] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– Child prostitution remained a
problem, particularly in urban centers. Some girls entered prostitution to
earn money for their families. The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/central-african-republic.htm [accessed 28 January
2011] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children in the CHILD
LABOR LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT - Minor’s brigades have been established to punish
persons responsible for forcing children into prostitution. However,
few cases have been prosecuted due to the reluctance of victims’ families to
press charges. All
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