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thanked for creating thousands of jobs in the sex trade. ECPAT’s study, Child Prostitution and
Sex Tourism: Cuba says, "In Cuba, the link between tourism and
prostitution is perhaps more direct than in any other country that hosts sex
tourists." A higher ratio of
tourists are drawn to Cuba for prostitution – rather than for the beaches,
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ARCHIVES *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61723.htm [accessed 30 January 2011] CHILDREN - TRAFFICKING IN
PERSONS
- While underage prostitution
was widely apparent, there were no reliable statistics available regarding
its extent. Although the police generally enforced laws on underage prostitution, the phenomenon
continued, with cabarets and discos catering to sex tourists. The government
prosecuted persons involved in child prostitution
and child pornography and assisted other countries in international
investigations of child sexual abuse Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 6
June 1997 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/cuba1997.html [accessed 30 January 2011] [42] The Committee
further recommends that the Criminal Code provide for the protection of
children up to the age of 18 from sexual exploitation. The Committee also
recommends that further measures be undertaken in order to address matters
relating to the sexual exploitation of children, particularly through
tourism, taking into account the recommendations adopted at the World
Congress against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children held in Five Years After ECPAT: Fifth Report
on implementation of the Agenda for Action ECPAT International, November 2001 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/five_years_after_stockholm.pdf [accessed 13 September 2011] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Restless in National
Review Online, August 1, 2006 www.nationalreview.com/articles/218358/restless-havana/flashback [accessed
6 May 2011] Europeans took over
where the Soviets left off: They showered him with aid, investment, and
tourism. Under-age prostitution is not the least of the delights of Castro’s island.
It pulls ‘em in by the planeload. Sex Tourism and Child Prostitution in Arch
Kielly, LtCol, USAF,
Retired -- Article republished from www.politicsforum.org www.stopsellingsex.com/sex-tourism-and-child-prostitution-in-cuba/ [accessed
6 May 2011] [scroll down] Tourism In www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_fatah/20040212.html [Last
access date unavailable] Tourism can also be
thanked for creating thousands of jobs in the sex trade. ECPAT’s study, Child Prostitution and
Sex Tourism: Cuba says, "In Cuba, the link between tourism and
prostitution is perhaps more direct than in any other country that hosts sex
tourists." A higher ratio of
tourists are drawn to Cuba for prostitution – rather than for the beaches,
the shopping or the cultural experience – than to any other country in the
world. Bush Says His
Restrictions on Travel Will Stamp Out Prostitution in Wayne
S. Smith, The Center for International Policy CIP senior fellow, July 20,
2004 www.canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/Documents/WSmith-prostitution-jul04.shtml [accessed
6 May 2011] Is prostitution,
including child prostitution, on the rise? As anyone who travels regularly to
Castro refutes Bush’s charges against Cuba Socialist
Action newspaper, August 2004 At
one time this article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible
[here] [accessed
6 May 2011] Fidel responded as
follows to the State Department document: “No country in the world has given
as much physical and moral protection, as much health and education to its
children as Bush, Electoral
Politics and Prof.
NELSON P. VALDES, CounterPunch, October 18 / 19,
2003 www.counterpunch.org/valdes10182003.html [accessed
6 May 2011] It should be noted
that in Reuters,
2003 ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061012233357AAdaY9V [accessed
6 May 2011] Cuban lawmakers
have opted to not criminalize prostitution but, rather, to focus on sexual
procurement (i.e., pimping) by increasing the penalties. The sentence for
pimping was increased to four to ten years, increasing to seven to fifteen
years if minors are involved. Prison sentences were increased for the
corruption of minors in an effort to stop the activities of sex offenders and
pedophiles. The penalty for pedophilia was set at fifteen to thirty years. Frank
Calzon, The www.cubainfolinks.org/webpage/Articles/prostituted.htm [accessed
6 May 2011] Add one more issue
to the debate about lifting Protection Project Report - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/cuba.doc [last accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - According to one
report, Cubans refer to the
girls who go with tourists as jinteras. The beach resort of Varedero
is a popular area for sex tourism, and sexual exploitation of adult and child
is particularly common. Young girls coming from the interior of the island to
urban and tourist areas are the most vulnerable to exploitation, because they
lack language and negotiating skills. Prostituted children are vulnerable to
abuse by pimps and corrupt policemen. Destination child-hood.com,
Country information: www.child-hood.com/index.php?id=712&type=6&type=6 [accessed
6 May 2011] COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN IN TOURISM - Expanding tourism, together with other factors, has led to a growth of the leisure infrastructure. In connection with this, there has also been a growth of prostitution and cases of trafficking in humans, promoted by the difficult economic situation of the country since 1990. Every day, new children are driven into prostitution, in order to earn something to contribute to the survival of their family. Many street children are abducted and subsequently become victims of commercial sexual exploitation. In their desperation, some fall for promises of well-paid jobs in the towns and cities. In recent years, the number of children in the towns and cities that are being sexually exploited has increased markedly. The press reports of cases in which foreign tourists have particularly asked for children below the age of 14. All
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