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Radio At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 26 June 2011] The number of Dutch children working in prostitution has increased dramatically over the past five years: from 4,000 to 15,000 according to figures published by the Amsterdam-based ChildRight organization. Most children that end up in
prostitution in the Netherlands are boys or young under aged asylum-seekers –
particularly Nigerian girls. ChildRight claims this
group numbers some 5,000 children. But recent years have seen a significant rise
on the number of Dutch girls forced into the sex industry. Among them are an
estimated 5,000 runaway or homeless children, many of whom are mentally
retarded. Another large group (also 5,000) are ‘ordinary' Dutch schoolgirls,
aged 13 or 14 from a "regular home environment" who are lured into
prostitution by so-called "lover-boys". - sccp ***
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- Where To Turn For Help Before You Are Homeless - (+31) 06-0432 Rebeccas Community -- This is for anyone
aged up to 13 years old who is thinking about running away www.homeless.org.au/runaways.htm [accessed 26 June 2011] Here are the best phone numbers to
call …They are Confidential - which means they won't tell anyone about your
call unless you want them to talk to somebody for you, or you are in
danger. They are open 24 hours - it
doesn't matter what time you call. In ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the status of action against
commercial exploitation of children - NETHERLANDS [PDF] ECPAT International, 2006 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/Europe/Global_Monitoring_Report-NETHERLANDS.pdf [accessed 26 June 2011] Children and young people are thus
rarely exploited as street sex workers or in red light districts, as checks
on such areas are usually stringent. Their sexual exploitation occurs
predominantly within illegal escort services, in hotels, in parked cars, in
private houses, and in illegal private clubs (mostly in towns but also in the
countryside). Some of these clubs are situated within the jurisdiction of local
authorities that exert weaker controls. According to interviewees from the
Trafficking in Human Beings Information Unit (IEM), exploiters are using the
Internet and mobile phones to gain access to children and young people for
prostitution. Little is known about the sexual
exploitation of boys, but there are reports that young eastern European male
prostitutes include minors. In addition, care organisations
working with drug addicts indicate the involvement of boys aged between 15
and 18. Boys seem to enter prostitution at a slightly younger age than girls,
i.e. between 9 and 15 years old. The prostitution of boys tends to be less
visible nowadays due to the increasing use of the Internet, chatrooms, mobile phones and advertisements to establish
contact. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61666.htm [accessed 23 February 2011] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS –
Trafficking within the country was also a problem. Of the 405 trafficking
victims registered in 2004, 51 were living in the country at the time they
were seduced into prostitution by so-called lover boys, primarily young
Moroccan or Turkish men and boys. The victims were young, mostly immigrant
women. In January the government set up the national expertise center for
youth prostitution to collect figures, background information, and the best
practices in fighting youth prostitution and lover boys. Various
organizations and local governments initiated specific assistance and
prevention programs for potential victims of "lover boys." Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 30 January 2009 Click [here]
to access the article. Its URL is not displayed
because of its length [accessed 15 September 2011] 20. The Committee welcomes
initiatives for preventive action against sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography both within the State party and abroad, such
as the tightened criminal provisions on child pornography, corrupting
children and grooming, but is concerned at the lack of a comprehensive
national strategy to prevent sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography. 22. The Committee is concerned
about the existence of child sex tourism involving Dutch nationals, and the
lack of an adequate response. 24. The Committee is concerned
that the State party’s legislation does not criminalise
the production or dissemination of materials advertising the sale of
children, child prostitution or child pornography, but notes information from
the State party that it is currently working to decide whether supplementary
legislation is desirable to ban such advertisement. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) - 2004 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 30 January 2004 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/netherlands2004.html [accessed 23 February 2011] [56] The Committee welcomes the
State party’s efforts in the Netherlands to address the sexual exploitation
of children, in particular, through training of the police. However, it is
concerned that the “complaint requirement” by victims over the age of 12 and
the “double criminality” requirement hamper the prosecution of cases of child
sexual abuse committed in the Italian police break up child prostitution network Radio At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 26 June 2011] Italian police have made scores of
arrests and rolled up a child prostitution network. Fifty-one people were
arrested in Italy and 15 in other countries, mainly the Netherlands. They are accused of human trafficking, exploitation
and kidnapping. In Nigeria, Nigerian women took very young children from
orphanages to work in the drug trade and as prostitutes. The children are
also believed to have been taken from asylum centres
in the Netherlands. The police
operation began in October 2007 when, at the request of the Dutch government,
22 Nigerians were detained in Nigeria, various European countries and the US. The paedophiles are here Martin jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060608/cleisure/cleisure2.html [accessed 26 June 2011] Last Wednesday [May 31], a paedophile political party was launched in The
Netherlands. The NVD whose name in English means the Neighbourly
Love, Freedom and Diversity party wants to cut the age of consent for
youth-adult consensual sex from 16 to 12 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 – Sexual Exploitation - ECPAT The Defence for Children International The At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 15 September 2011] ECPAT-NL exists since 1995 and as of
2003 is a cooperative with Defence for Children
International The Netherlands. ECPAT-NL works closely with organisations in The Netherlands and internationally that
are active against sexual abuse and exploitation of children. ECPAT-NL is
supported by stichting Kinderpostzegels
Nederland, Plan Nederland ( the former Foster Parents Plan), Mensen in Nood, Cordaid and Kerk in Actie, Kinderen in de Knel. ECPAT-NL is raising awareness on
commercial sexual exploitation of children in Dutch society. ECPAT-NL is also
lobbying for adequate and effective law enforcement and prevention and
healthcare programmes regarding the prevention of
sexual exploitation of children at governmental and societal level. Also the
private sector, like internet service providers and the tourism industry are
addressed to take responsibility to protect children from sexual
exploitation. ECPAT-NL has played an important role in the development,
execution and monitoring of the Dutch National Action Plan 'Sexual Abuse of
children'. 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 26 June 2011] [58] Report by Special Rapporteur UN Economic and Social Council Commission on Human Rights,
Fifty-sixth session, 22 December 1999 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/eee276066375879b8025689600531c70?Opendocument [accessed 26 June 2011] [120] Girls are most commonly
seduced into prostitution by a lover, but boys are used to get other boys
involved, usually through stories of the money that can be made by such
activity. The Special Rapporteur was advised that
male entry into prostitution was more organized, with several individuals
working to coerce the boy, whereas usually just one man would coerce a girl
into these activities. [121] Non-governmental sources
reported that most of the boys have the same background of physical and
sexual abuse, and many doubt their own sexuality. Virtually all are in drug-related
activities. [122] In Amsterdam and Child Prostitution in the Carin Tiggeloven,
Radio At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 26 June 2011] The number of Dutch children working in prostitution has increased dramatically over the past five years: from 4,000 to 15,000 according to figures published by the Amsterdam-based ChildRight organization. Most children that end up in
prostitution in the Netherlands are boys or young under aged asylum-seekers –
particularly Nigerian girls. ChildRight claims this
group numbers some 5,000 children. But recent years have seen a significant
rise on the number of Dutch girls forced into the sex industry. Among them
are an estimated 5,000 runaway or homeless children, many of whom are mentally
retarded. Another large group (also 5,000) are ‘ordinary' Dutch schoolgirls,
aged 13 or 14 from a "regular home environment" who are lured into
prostitution by so-called "lover-boys". - sccp Tighter Controls To Target
Sex-Trade Clients Andrew Evans, Opinion, The Advertiser, March 12, 2003 ---
p.18 www.walnet.org/csis/news/world_2003/ausadv-030312.html [accessed 26 June 2011] When I visited the Comments of CATW (Coalition
Against Trafficking in Women) Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, March 10, 2002 action.web.ca/home/catw/readingroom.shtml?x=31742 [accessed 26 June 2011] Another argument for legalizing
prostitution in the The Annemieke Wolthuis
& Mirjam Blaak, Defence For Children International Section The Nederlands www.defenceforchildren.nl/images/13/137.pdf [accessed 26 June 2011] [page 2] INTRODUCTION - The object of this research is to provide a comprehensive study of and to
what extent, children are trafficked for sexual purposes to The Netherlands;
how they get here, what happens to them next, and what can be done to help
them. [page 5]
3. OVERVIEW OF OTHER RESEARCH - CHILD PROSTITUTION IN THE
NETHERLANDS - The
research distinguished five different categories of sexual exploitation in
The Netherlands: 1. Unaccompanied Minors Seeking Asylum; 2. Child sexual
abuse for the child pornography industry; 3. Young boys; 4. Teenage
`romance'; 5. Individual situations. Report on the Sexual Exploitation of Children Child Rights Information Network CRIN, 01/01/2001 www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?id=1456 [accessed 26 June 2011] CHILD
PROSTITUTION IN THE ECPAT: Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes ECPAT International Newsletter, Issue No : 33 1/December/2000 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13 September 2011] EASTERN EUROPE - One in 12 children forced into world's 'worst forms' of
labor Agence France-Presse
AFP, www.worldrevolution.org/news/article1773.htm [accessed 20 April 2012] UNICEF UNICEF UK lauded the pledge of
developed countries, made more than 30 years ago, of allocating 0.7 percent
of gross domestic product to development aid but regretted that only five
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