C S E C The Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children In the early years of the 21st Century, 2000 to
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** ECPAT: ECPAT International [access information
unavailable]] Child prostitution,
mainly for survival, is on the increase and it takes place mainly in clubs,
bars and hotels and these places have no control over their activities. The
local press often reports incidents of rape, pedophilia and pornography
involving children. There is no
specific law that protects children against CSEC. The Government does not see
the issue as a priority and it is only NGOs that are taking some positive
actions, especially in the areas of information and sensitization campaigns,
education and training. ***
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/
guinea-bissau/ [accessed 30 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - There is a statutory rape law prohibiting sex with a person
younger than age 16. The rape law carries a penalty for conviction of two to
12 years in prison. The law also prohibits child pornography. The law
criminalizes commercial sexual exploitation of children and prescribes
penalties of three to 15 years’ imprisonment and the confiscation of any
proceeds from the crime. When pedophilia and sexual harassment were reported,
police at times blamed victims. There were reports
child sex tourism occurred in the isolated Bijagos
Islands. 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 30 August
2020] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor [page 580] There is a
statutory rape law prohibiting sex with a person younger than age 16. The
rape law carries a penalty for conviction of two to 12 years in prison. The
law also prohibits child pornography. The law criminalizes commercial sexual
exploitation of children and prescribes penalties of three to 15 years’
imprisonment and the confiscation of any proceeds from the crime. When
pedophilia and sexual harassment were reported, police at times blamed
victims. There were reports
child sex tourism occurred in the isolated Bijagos
Islands. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 7th June 2002 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/guineabissau2002.html [accessed 8 February
2011] [54] The Committee
is concerned by the lack of information regarding the activities of the very
high proportion of children who do not go to school. There are indicators
that these children may, in urban areas, be involved in prostitution or may
spend much time on the street where they are vulnerable to many kinds of
exploitation (for example, in drug-trafficking, sexual exploitation, drug
abuse). 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 – ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the
Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/guinea-bissau.htm [accessed 8 February
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 - In addition, commercial sexual exploitation of children
occurs, but the extent of the problem is unknown. Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, March 8, 2006 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61574.htm [accessed 9 February
2020] CHILDREN
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Child marriage occurred among all ethnic groups, but no reliable data existed
to quantify the problem. Girls who fled arranged marriages often were forced
into prostitution to support
themselves. Local NGOs worked to protect the rights of women and children and
operated programs to fight child marriage and to protect the victims of child
marriage. All material
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