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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Triple Border Project, International Labour Organisation ILO Office for At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 17 September 2011] PERSONAL STORY MABELIA - Mabelia is 10 years old. On November 30, 2002, she was found by a merchant from Ciudad del Este on Adraina Jara y Pampliega street. It was approximately 9:00 p.m. when she was found in, what is perhaps, one of the most frequented corners of the centre of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. She was very dirty. Dressed in
pants and a pullover, and wearing Japanese-style slippers, when she was found
she had about 12 USD (80.000 Gs, Guaraníes) in her
pockets, a product of her 'sexual activity'. It had been 48 hours since she
had returned to her mother's home, but she feared going back, since she had
not met the goal that had been established by her mother, Doña
Maria. At the Courthouse, the young girl
told the judge that the money found in her pockets was the fruit of her
'sexual work'. She explained that, encouraged by her mother, she would leave
her house in the morning and sometimes would cross the Puente de la Amistad ( ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/paraguay.htm [accessed 16 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61737.htm [accessed 16 December 2010] CHILDREN - Sexual exploitation of children
also was a problem. UNICEF reported that two-thirds of sex industry workers
were minors, the majority of whom began working between the ages of 12 and
13. In addition, UNICEF reported there were more than 40 thousand criadas (domestic servants) between the ages of 6 and 12,
who were often sexually exploited as well. In November the government's
Municipal Advisory Council on the Rights of Children and Adolescents reported
that 35 percent of street children in Ciudad del Este
had been victims of sexual exploitation, in many cases with the full
knowledge of their parents. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18341.htm [accessed 5 March 2011] Prostitution by adults is not
illegal, and exploitation of women, especially teenage prostitutes, remained
a serious problem. National daily
newspaper Noticias ran a series of features in
September and October chronicling child prostitution in Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 12 October 2001 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/paraguay2001.html [accessed 16 December 2010] [49] The Committee expresses its deep
concern that, with regard to the increasing phenomenon of commercial sexual
exploitation of children, there are no data available, legislation is
inadequate, cases involving sexually exploited children are often not
investigated and prosecuted, victims are criminalized, and rehabilitation
programs are not available. It further notes that a national plan against
commercial sexual exploitation of children has not been developed. Triple Border Project, International Labour Organisation ILO Office for At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 17 September 2011] PERSONAL STORY MABELIA - Mabelia is 10 years old. On November 30, 2002, she was found by a merchant from Ciudad del Este on Adraina Jara y Pampliega street. It was approximately 9:00 p.m. when she was found in, what is perhaps, one of the most frequented corners of the centre of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. She was very dirty. Dressed in
pants and a pullover, and wearing Japanese-style slippers, when she was found
she had about 12 USD (80.000 Gs, Guaraníes) in her
pockets, a product of her 'sexual activity'. It had been 48 hours since she
had returned to her mother's home, but she feared going back, since she had
not met the goal that had been established by her mother, Doña
Maria. At the Courthouse, the young girl
told the judge that the money found in her pockets was the fruit of her
'sexual work'. She explained that, encouraged by her mother, she would leave
her house in the morning and sometimes would cross the Puente de la Amistad ( Success Stories The Global Fund for Children, Asunción At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 July 2011] CYNTHIA - Although technically in the
state’s care, Cynthia was free to roam the streets. She began using drugs and
turned to small-time robberies and occasional prostitution to survive. “My
life was drugs and fighting,” she recalls, but under her tough demeanor,
Cynthia desperately wanted change. 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 3 July 2011] [59] The Penal Code criminalizes
the use of children in prostitution, but does not directly penalize the sale,
traffic or use of children in pornography. In legal proceedings
concerning child pornography, cases have been referred under article 135 of
the Penal Code, which addresses sexual abuse of children. Children
will only incur criminal responsibility for their involvement in these
offences where they are the author, and not as the
victim. Children under the age of 14 do not incur legal
responsibility. Following the commitments made during the Yokohama
Congress, a National Plan of Action for the Elimination of Sexual
Exploitation is being elaborated. Xinhua News Agency, April 03, 2005 english.people.com.cn/200504/03/eng20050403_179249.html [accessed 3 July 2011] Paraguay, on its part, has
committed itself to cooperating in fighting illicit activities such as
smuggling of goods, tax evasion, drug trafficking, piracy, money laundering
and child prostitution. Concluding Comments - Committee
on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women CEDAW, 28-01-2005 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/aaffeae32aca218bc1256fd90045e107?OpenDocument [accessed 3 July 2011] [28] While appreciating the State
party's efforts to address the issue of trafficking in women and girls,
including the ratification of the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime in 2003 and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress
and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, in 2004,
and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography in 2003, and the
establishment of an inter-agency board including representatives from the
civil society to combat trafficking, the Committee is concerned that domestic
legislation has not been put in place in line with those instruments and that
provisions on sexual exploitation and trafficking of girls and boys are
absent in the Childhood and Adolescence Code. It also expresses concern about
the lack of a comprehensive plan to prevent and eliminate trafficking of
women and to protect victims as well as the lack of systematic data
collection on this phenomenon. Frequently Asked Questions about CSEC ECPAT International At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 3 July 2011] Immigration controls at the All material used herein
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