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for Teachers attached to this website. HELP for Victims International Organization for
Migration ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** The Protection
Project - The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/portugal.doc [accessed 2009] FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Women are
trafficked to Why Portugal is a
haven for paedophiles Andrew Malone and Vabessa Allen, The Daily Mail, 2007 10 20 www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=2041 [accessed 11 July 2011] After checking that
the children were not suffering from any sexual infections, the doctor was
joined by the orphanage caretaker, known as Bibi, who ushered the unfortunate
children outside to a waiting van.
With the doctor following in his red Ferrari, Bibi drove the van to
the prestigious homes of some of the leading members of Lisbon society -
ranging from Portuguese government ministers and high-ranking diplomats, to
famous television stars and members of the judiciary. There, the children were repeatedly
sexually abused. Some were allegedly drugged to make them compliant; others
were plied with alcohol. This
continued for years. Assaults were filmed; pictures of one attack were
subsequently found at the home of a suspected paedophile
in Paris. According to medical
records, the victims' injuries were horrific - and consistent with serious
sexual assault and rape. In witness statements, many were able to describe in
minute detail the homes where they were taken and identifying marks on the
bodies of their abusers. "Portugal is a
paedophiles' paradise," said Mr Namora, now a lawyer
campaigning on behalf of the Casa Pia victims. "If all the names come
out, this will be an earthquake in Portugal. There is a massive,
sophisticated network at play here - stretching from the government to the
judiciary and the police. "The
network is enormous and extremely powerful. There are magistrates,
ambassadors, police, politicians - all have procured children from Casa Pia.
It is extremely difficult to break this down. These people cover for each
other, because if one is arrested, they all are arrested. They don't want
anyone to know." ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Regional
Overview: The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Europe [PDF] ECPAT International,
November 2014 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Regional%20CSEC%20Overview_Europe.pdf [accessed 6
September 2020] Maps sexual
exploitation of children in travel and tourism (SECTT), online child sexual
exploitation (OCSE), trafficking of children for sexual purposes, sexual
exploitation of children through prostitution, and child early and forced
marriage (CEFM). Other topics include migration, child labour,
racism and dicsminitation, welfare systems, gender
inequality. 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/portugal/ [accessed 6
September 2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - Statutory rape is a crime with penalties ranging up
to 10 years in prison, and authorities enforced the law. The minimum age for
legal consensual sex is 16. The law prohibits child pornography. Penalties
range up to eight years in prison. 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/portugal2001.html [accessed 5 March
2011] [30] The Committee
notes the State party's recent initiative to develop mechanisms allowing
doctors, teachers and other relevant professionals to lodge complaints of
alleged sexual abuse or exploitation of children (Law 99 of 25 August 2001). [56] The Committee
notes the State party's intention, as declared during the dialogue, to
proceed with ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the
Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography, and to adopt relevant domestic legislation. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights International
Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, 01 December 2000 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/esc/portugal2000.html [accessed 19
September 2011] [14] The Committee
takes note with concern of the increase in pedophilia and child pornography.
These phenomena are associated with the increase in drug trafficking and
consumption and other criminal activities that endanger the security and
health of the population of the State party. Portugal braced as
child prostitution ring trial opens Giles Tremlett and agencies in www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/nov/26/childprotection.uk [accessed 19
December 2010] The case has
shocked Committee
On Rights Of Child Concludes Consideration Of UN Committee On
Rights Of Child CRC, Press Release, 1 October 2001 www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/0/F9D39953A2AE4A9AC1256AD9002673AD?opendocument [accessed 11 July
2011] DISCUSSION - Asked about the
sexual abuse of children, the delegation said that the minimum age for sexual
consent was 14 years and sexual crimes committed against children below that
age were punished by law. Those who facilitated prostitution activities
involving children under 18 years were prosecuted.
To that end, the Government had signed the Optional Protocol to the
Convention on the Sale of Children, Child Pornography and Child Prostitution. UN Committee On
Economic, Social And Cultural Rights – Press Release UN Committee on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 24th session, 15 November 2000 www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/0/7C1EC6E55B452064C1256999002C4A95?opendocument [accessed 11 July
2011] DISCUSSION - In response to
the questions raised by Committee experts during the previous meeting, the
members of the delegation of Portugal said that a number of agencies had been
set up to oversee the well-being of children and their development in and
outside the family. A mechanism had also been established to coordinate the
work of the various agencies dealing with children. In addition, the
Government had also put in place a legislative provision in which child abuse
had been made a crime. In order to reduce child prostitution, particularly
that catering to tourists, the Government had taken measures to create
employment for street children. ECPAT
2002 Agenda for Action Report [DOC] ECPAT International,
2002 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/2002_agenda_for_action_report_ecpat.doc [accessed 11 July
2011] [page 47] WHAT
MAKES GOOD LAWS AGAINST COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN? FORMAL
COMPLAINT REQUIREMENT
- Brazil, Chile and Venezuela, among others, have procedures that require
older children (on average from 15 years and up) to file a complaint before a
prosecution can take place. In
Portugal, victims older than 16 years must file a complaint, but for
cases involving younger children the public prosecutor may prosecute
independently if it is in the victim’s interest. ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61669.htm [accessed 10
February 2020] CHILDREN - The high-profile
trial of a pedophilia operation at the Casa Pia children's home in Trafficking of
children for sexual exploitation and forced labor remained a problem. All
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