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FEATURED ARTICLE *** 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. ***
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/cuba/ [accessed 25 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - Prostitution is legal for individuals 16 and older. There
is no statutory rape law, although penalties for rape increase as the age of
the victim decreases. The law imposes seven to 15 years’ imprisonment for
involving minors younger than 16 in pornographic acts. The punishment may
increase to 20 to 30 years or death under aggravating circumstances. The law
does not criminalize the possession of pornography, but it punishes the
production or circulation of any kind of obscene graphic material with three
months’ to one year’s imprisonment and a fine. The offer, provision, or sale
of obscene or pornographic material to minors younger than 16 is punishable
by two to five years in prison. Child trafficking across international
borders is punishable by seven to 15 years’ imprisonment. The law does not
establish an age of consent, but sexual relations with children younger than
16 can be prosecuted if there is a determination of rape. In such cases the
law leaves room for consideration of possible consent and the age of the
other person, especially if the other person is also a minor. A determination
of rape may be made if victims lack the ability to understand the extent of
the action or is not in command of their conduct, which could be applied or
claimed for a person age 15 or 14. The penalty ranges from four to 10 years’
imprisonment. If the victim is older than 12 and younger than 14, the penalty
is seven to 15 years’ imprisonment. The punishment for having sex with a
minor age 12 is 15 to 30 years’ imprisonment or death. 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] www.nationalreview.com/article/218358/restless-havana-williumrex [accessed 4 November
2016] 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 groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaVerdad/message/4286 [accessed 12
Aug 2013] Cuba is attempting to right its economic problems by permitting the sexual trade of its children for badly needed monetary resources. A generation of young people may have been invested to make Cuba’s tourism more appealing to foreign tourists. Bush
Says His Restrictions on Travel Will Stamp Out Prostitution in Cuba! 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] www.counterpunch.org/2003/10/18/bush-electoral-politics-and-cuba-s-quot-illicit-sex-trade-quot/ [accessed 4 November
2016] It should be noted
that in Cuba prostitutes are not considered criminals, but those who foster,
benefit or help prostitutes are considered participants in a criminal
activity. 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. Regional
Governmental Congress on Sexual Exploitation of Children [PDF] Sonia Beretervide Dopico, Second
Congress on Sexual Exploitation of Children www.iin.oas.org/Congreso%20Explotation%20Sexual/CUBA_ing.PDF [accessed 19
November 2016] ***
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/2005/61723.htm [accessed 7 February
2020] 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
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