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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Country of Origin
Research - Responses to Information Requests (RIRs) Immigration and
Refugee Board of Canada At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 14
September 2011] The Coordinator of
the Constitutional Studies Program of the Legal Studies Foundation (FESPAD,
based in ***
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/el-salvador/ [accessed 27 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - Child sex trafficking is prohibited by law. Prison
sentences for convicted traffickers stipulate imprisonment from six to 10
years. The minimum age for
consensual sex is 18. The law classifies statutory rape as sexual relations
with anyone younger than 18 and includes penalties of four to 13 years’
imprisonment for violations. The law prohibits
paying anyone younger than 18 for sexual services. The law prohibits
participating in, facilitating, or purchasing
materials containing child pornography and provides for prison sentences of
up to 16 years for violations. Despite these provisions, sexual exploitation
of children remained a problem. 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 471] Children in El
Salvador often lack economic and educational opportunities and are vulnerable
to the worst forms of child labor, including commercial sexual exploitation.
They are also recruited by gangs for illicit activities such as delivering
threats, collecting extortion money, serving as surveillance, trafficking
drugs, and committing homicides. (1,5,19,20) Children often emigrate to
escape violence, extortion, and forced recruitment by gangs, in addition to
seeking economic opportunities and family reunification. Once en route, they become vulnerable to human trafficking and
commercial sexual exploitation. (3,5,19,21) El
Salvador’s Trafficking in Person’s Special Prosecutor indicated that girls
between the ages of 10 and 17 were the most at risk of being trafficked. (5) Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 30 June 2004 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/elsalvador2004.html [accessed 3 February
2011] [63] The Committee
is concerned about the extent of sexual exploitation and trafficking in the
State party and about the lack of effective programs to address this problem.
It also regrets the lack of information on assistance and reintegration
programs for children who have been subject to sexual exploitation and
trafficking. Alberto Mendoza,
Inter Press Service News Agency www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35100 [accessed 11 May
2011] www.ipsnews.net/2006/10/guatemala-where-sexual-exploitation-of-minors-is-not-a-crime/ [accessed 5 November
2016] But hers is not an
isolated case. Although no precise figures are available, in 2002 it was
estimated that 2,000 minors were sexually exploited in Guatemala City alone,
according to a report by Casa Alianza (the Latin
American branch of the New York-based Covenant House, a child advocacy organisation) and ECPAT (an international NGO working to
end child prostitution, child pornography and the trafficking of children). Of those 2,000
minors, 1,200 were from El Salvador,
500 from Honduras and 300 from Guatemala itself. María
Eugenia Villarreal, ECPAT director for Latin America, says Central America is
a hub for trafficking in minors, child pornography and sex tourism. 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 – ECPAT
El Salvador, which is a network of both governmental and non-governmental
organizations, has spent the last year refining the National Plan of Action
against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (Plan de Acción Nacional contra la Explotación
Sexual Comercial de Niñas,
Niños y Adolescentes en
El Salvador 2001-2004).
The plan has now been finished and programs and activities have been designed
in the areas of coordination and cooperation, prevention, protection for
children at risk of becoming victims of CSEC, rehabilitation and reintegration
of child victims, and the promotion of child participation. Funding is now
being sought in order that the programs in the plan can be successfully
implemented. Child
Prostitution: A Growing Scourge W. E. Gutman, The www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_10/issue_07/travel_01.html [accessed 11 May
2011] lab.org.uk/sex-tourism-threatens-central-americas-youth [accessed 5 November
2016] A
REGION OUT OF CONTROL - El Salvador is a country of origin
and destination for the commercial sexual exploitation of minors. Sex tourism is becoming ever more
lucrative. Interpol has discovered a
network that shuttles children from Country Report - US State Dept Office
to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Trafficking in Persons Report,
June 14, 2004 www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2004/33198.htm#elsalvador [accessed 11 May
2011] [scroll down] PROSECUTION - In 2003, police
arrested 33 individuals for commercial sexual exploitation of minors,
prosecutors presented 51 individuals charged with involvement in child
prostitution to the courts for either their initial hearing or trial, and Crime
and Society - A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World Dr. Robert Winslow, www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/rwinslow/namerica/el_salvador.html [accessed 11 May
2011] CHILDREN - Child
prostitution is a problem. Between 10 and 25 percent of visible prostitutes
are minors, and an estimated 40 percent of the hidden prostitutes who cater
to upper-class clients are believed to be minors, according UNICEF. Regional
Governmental Congress on Sexual Exploitation of Children [PDF] Blanca Flor América Bonilla, Report on Legislation and Public
Policies against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents www.iin.oas.org/Congreso%20Explotation%20Sexual/EL_SALVADOR_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/2005/61727.htm [accessed 8 February
2020] CHILDREN - Child
prostitution was a problem, and included the commercial sexual exploitation
of minors for upper class clients. Children, especially those living on the streets, were trafficked to other
countries, including for the purpose of sexual exploitation. A UNICEF sponsored
a program to prevent sexual and commercial exploitation began operations during
the year and provided information to 8,517 children. The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/el-salvador.htm [accessed 3 February
2011] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor INCIDENCE
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