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FEATURED ARTICLE *** The Incidence of Commercial
Sexual Exploitation of Children in the From a study by ECPAT International on
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children CSEC in some Eastern European
Countries www.sasian.org/legal/baltic/baltic2.htm [accessed 14 June 2011] [scroll down to Although
statistical data on the issue of commercial sexual exploitation of children
are lacking in every country in the Baltic Sea Region, several social workers
have confirmed that there is child prostitution at the railway station in ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2003 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2003/lithuania.htm [accessed 18 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - There are reports of children as young as 11 years
old working as prostitutes in brothels in Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61660.htm [accessed 18 February 2011] CHILDREN
– The
children's rights ombudsman reported one case of child prostitution, a girl
discovered working as a prostitute who was then placed in an orphanage under
special care. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
26 January 2001 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/lithuania2001.html [accessed 18 February 2011] [53] The Committee,
while noting the National Program against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation
and Sexual Abuse of Children of 2000, expresses its deep concern at the lack
of data, consistent policies, rehabilitation and reintegration programs, and
the reports of disappearances of minors, in particular girls, allegedly for
trafficking purposes. Further, it notes that procuring for the purpose of
prostitution is punished only in cases involving girls and that some legal
provisions result in the administrative punishment of children involved in
commercial sexual exploitation. Committee
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) Concluding Observations International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights, 29th meeting, 14-05-2004 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/dc6f7a5b9f384505c1256e98004990ac?OpenDocument [accessed 14 June 2011] [19] The Committee
notes with concern that trafficking in women and children continues to be a
problem in the State party, which is a country of origin and transit, in
spite of the existence of the "Program on control and prevention of
prostitution and commercial trade in people for 2002-2004" and that the
new Criminal Code provides for criminal liability for a number of
trafficking-related crimes, including trade in people (art. 147), profiting
from another person's prostitution (art. 307), and procuring to prostitution
(art. 308). Moreover, the Committee regrets that the lack of information on
the number of people trafficked does not give an accurate picture of the
extent of the problem. Press declaration at the World Social Forum
2004 in Mumbai International Falcon Movement - Socialist
Educational International At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 14 June 2011] 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 – Report by Special
Rapporteur [DOC] UN Economic and Social Council Commission
on Human Rights, Fifty-ninth session, 6 January 2003 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/217511d4440fc9d6c1256cda003c3a00/$FILE/G0310090.doc [accessed 14 June 2011] [53] The sale and
trafficking, and the use of children in prostitution and pornography are
criminal offences under the Criminal Code. A new Criminal Code also penalizing
these offences will enter into force on 1 May 2003. In the first
nine months of 2002, two criminal offences involving the trafficking of
children were registered, five criminal cases involving children in
prostitution and one criminal case of using a child for the purpose of
developing and distributing pornography were registered. Children
do not incur any criminal liability as a result of their involvement;
however, earning one’s living from prostitution is an administrative offence
and liability is incurred by children over 16. During the first nine months
of 2002, 18 such cases were reported. A National Program against
Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse of Children was approved by
the Government in 2000, which provides for in-service training of police
officers and preparation of methodological materials concerning the
interviewing of sexually abused children. Crossing Borders: The Trafficking of
Children into the ECPAT www.docstoc.com/docs/38950516/The-global-phenomenon-of-trafficking-in-persons---the-illegal-and [partially accessed 14 June 2011 - access
restricted] The story of Elena,
a 15-year-old East European girl lured to the I've run out of tears, says girl sold
around Nigel Bunyan,
Telegraph, 11/05/2005 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 14 June 2011] That night she had
been due to be passed on to her eighth owner in three months. Eventually, it
is thought, she was likely to have been sold on to traffickers in Fact Sheet: Commercial Sexual Exploitation [PDF] United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF, 22
July 2004 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 14 June 2011] FACTS
AND FIGURES
- An estimated 2 million children, the majority of them girls, are sexually
exploited in the multi-billion dollar commercial sex industry. In Lithuania, 20% to 50% of those in
prostitution are believed to be minors. Children as young as 11 can be found
in brothels and children between 10 and 12 years of age have been used to
make pornographic films. Sex Trafficking
Gang Sent To Jail BBC News, 1 December 2005 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4487712.stm [accessed 14 June 2011] The BBC learned the
girl was ringing her parents from National Program Against Commercial Sexual
Exploitation & Abuse Of Children Crime Prevention in At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 14 June 2011] [12] The commercial
sexual exploitation of children is connected with organized crime; in this
instance we are talking about drawing children into prostitution and
pornographic business. International
collaboration by police officers really helps to stop such criminal
activity. Since 1991, The Incidence of Commercial
Sexual Exploitation of Children in the From a study by ECPAT International on
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children CSEC in some Eastern European
Countries www.sasian.org/legal/baltic/baltic2.htm [accessed 14 June 2011] [scroll down to Although
statistical data on the issue of commercial sexual exploitation of children
are lacking in every country in the Baltic Sea Region, several social workers
have confirmed that there is child prostitution at the railway station in Situation in Rūta Pabedinskienė,
Chief Specialist, Family and Children Division of the Ministry of Social
Security and Labour www.childcentre.info/news/lithuania/situation_in_lithuania.doc [accessed 14 June 2011] The strategic goal of
the Programs is to establish a prevention system for children experiencing
sexual assault and commercial sexual abuse. The Program provides for
training, legal, social, medical, organizational and informational means
aimed at achieving its strategic goal and to provide officials with
appropriate environment and methods in order to combat commercial
sexploitation and sexual abuse of children. Call for residency for human trafficking
victims At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 14 June 2011] Eight
men are to appear this week in Oslo City Court on charges of human
trafficking. This is the first time a case concerning prostitution-related
human trafficking is to be tried by All
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