C S E C The Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children In the early years of the 21st Century, 2000 to
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for Teachers attached to this website. HELP for Victims International Organization for
Migration ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** Surge In Child Sex www.etan.org/et2004/january/04-10/09surgei.htm [accessed 9 May
2011] The Bali bombing
and East Timor crisis of 1999 have led to a surge in the number of pedophiles
going there on sex tours, a child protection organization says.
Offenders are looking for vulnerability, destabilization and a crisis
situation. They look for access and opportunity in places where they
won't get caught. ***
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/timor-leste/ [accessed 27 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - Sexual assault against children was a significant but
largely unaddressed problem. The age of consent is 14. The penal code, however,
makes sexual conduct by an adult with anyone younger than 17 a crime if the
adult takes “advantage of the inexperience” of the younger person, and it
increases penalties when such conduct involves victims younger than 14. Some
commercial sexual exploitation of children occurred. The penal code makes
both child prostitution and child pornography crimes. It defines a “child”
for purposes of those provisions as a “minor less than 17 years of age.” The
penal code also criminalizes abduction of a minor. There were reports
that child victims of sexual abuse were sometimes forced to testify in public
fora despite a witness protection law that provides for video-link or other
secure testimony. 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 1120] In Timor-Leste,
some children are trafficked from rural areas to the capital city, Dili, and
subjected to commercial sexual exploitation, domestic work, or forced labor
in the fishing industry. (2,14) Other children are
trafficked transnationally, including to Indonesia. (2,15) Vulnerable
East Timor Must Take Its First Steps Alone Report - AlertNet, 07 Mar 2003 reliefweb.int/node/120707 [accessed 9 May
2011] Urgent measures are
needed in HIV/AIDS prevention. Extreme poverty, the large number of street
children and prostitution could lead to an unprecedented explosion of the
epidemic. The lack of educational
materials and a shortage of qualified teachers, the absence of a defined
curriculum and the difficulties associated with re-introducing the Portuguese
language are challenges that will take years to overcome. ***
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/2005/61607.htm [accessed 8 February
2020] CHILDREN
- Domestic
violence, including violence against children and child sexual assault, was a
significant problem. Some commercial sexual exploitation of minors occurred. TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– The law prohibits trafficking in women and children, whether for
prostitution or for forced labor; however, there have been several reports of
women and girls trafficked into the country for prostitution in recent years. All
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