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Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children In the early years of the 21st Century -
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from the web to illuminate the situation in ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** Commercial sexual exploitation
of children - Middle East/ based on the situation analysis written by Dr Najat M’jid for the
Arab-African Forum against Commercial Sexual Exploitation, www.unicef.org/events/yokohama/backgound8.html [accessed 16 February 2011] These countries also have in
common, however, a number of constraints that have hindered preparation of
national plans of action. In all the countries of the region, there is
cultural resistance to addressing the problem because the subject is largely
taboo. Often the issue is dealt with more generally under headings such
as ‘violence’ and ‘trauma’. This means that there has been no regional
consensus on defining CSEC in law; in some countries, for example, it is
looked upon as an indecent act, in others as rape, although in all 20
countries there is some section of the penal code that can be invoked against
sexual abuse and exploitation. ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the status of action
against commercial exploitation of children - JORDAN [PDF] ECPAT International, 2008 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/AF/Global_Monitoring_Report-JORDAN.pdf [accessed 5 June 2011] A key obstacle to fighting the
commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) in The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/jordan.htm [accessed 16 February 2011] CHILD
LABOR LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT - A Jordanian law specifically prohibits
trafficking in children, and there is no indication that children were
trafficked, to, from, or within the country.
Inducing a girl under the age of 20 to engage in prostitution and
inducing any child under the age of 15 to commit sodomy are prohibited. Sanctions for these offenses include
imprisonment for up to 5 years and a fine. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) [DOC] UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, September 29,
2006 [accessed 16 February 2011] [92] The Committee regrets the lack of data on the
extent and magnitude of commercial sexual exploitation of children and
trafficking in children for exploitative purposes in the State party. It also
regrets the insufficient legal protection of boys below the age of 18 against
commercial sexual exploitation and the absence of a specific legal framework
to protect children from trafficking. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 2 June 2000 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/jordan2000.html [accessed 28 February 2011] [61] The
Committee is concerned at the insufficient data on and awareness of the
phenomenon of commercial sexual exploitation of children 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 – JORDAN – In regard to child trafficking, child prostitution and
child pornography, available national statistics do not indicate the
existence of these problems in Jordanian society. Nevertheless, a review of existing studies
and police records shows that children of both sexes have been exposed to
sexual abuse and exploitation by family members as well as by strangers. In
response, draft legislation in ECPAT: CSEC Overview – ECPAT International At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 14 September 2011] There is still insufficient data
and little awareness of the issue of commercial sexual exploitation of
children in 5.1 Middle East - State of ECPAT International, Looking Back, Thinking Forward,
1999-2000 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 5 June 2011] While Commercial sexual exploitation of children
- Middle East/ based on the situation analysis written by Dr Najat M’jid for the
Arab-African Forum against Commercial Sexual Exploitation, www.unicef.org/events/yokohama/backgound8.html [accessed 16 February 2011] These countries also have in
common, however, a number of constraints that have hindered preparation of
national plans of action. In all the countries of the region, there is
cultural resistance to addressing the problem because the subject is largely
taboo. Often the issue is dealt with
more generally under headings such as ‘violence’ and ‘trauma’. This means that there has been no regional
consensus on defining CSEC in law; in some countries, for example, it is
looked upon as an indecent act, in others as rape, although in all 20
countries there is some section of the penal code that can be invoked against
sexual abuse and exploitation. All material used herein
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