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CAUTION: The following links
and accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo. Some
of these links may lead to websites that present allegations that are
unsubstantiated, misleading or even false.
No attempt has been made to validate their authenticity or to verify
their content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking
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particular interest to you. You might
be interested in exploring how children got started, how they survive, and
how some succeed in leaving. Perhaps
your paper could focus on runaways and the abuse that led to their
leaving. Other factors of interest
might be poverty, rejection, drug dependence, coercion, violence, addiction,
hunger, neglect, etc. On the other
hand, you might choose to write about the manipulative and dangerous adults
who control this activity. There is a
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Scan other countries as well as this one. Draw comparisons between activity in
adjacent countries and/or regions.
Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. HELP for Victims ASTRA (NGO) ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** Trafficking in
Human Beings in Barbara Limanowska, Stability
Pact Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings, UNICEF, June 2002 www.unicef.de/download/trafficking-see.pdf [accessed 21
December 2010] [page 78] 1.2.
TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN - Anecdotes of
child prostitution around train and bus stations, mainly of Roma children,
are common. The Romanian Embassy is
not interested in repatriating these children and adolescents, and no special
programs or services exist for migrant children living on the streets. ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT Country
Monitoring Report [PDF] ECPAT International,
2006 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Global_Monitoring_Report-SERBIA.pdf [accessed 7
September 2020] Desk review of existing
information on the sexual exploitation of children (SEC) in Serbia. The
report looks at protection mechanisms, responses, preventive measures, child
and youth participation in fighting SEC, and makes recommendations for action
against SEC. 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/serbia/ [accessed 7
September 2020] SERBIA SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law prohibits commercial sexual exploitation of
children, to include selling, offering, or procuring for prostitution, and
practices related to child pornography; the government enforced the law, but
the abuses nonetheless occurred. Evidence was limited, and the extent of the
problem was unknown. The minimum age for consensual sex is 14, regardless of
sexual orientation or gender. During the year media reported on several cases
of children sexually exploited by their parents. In one case the Nis
Appellate Court in July confirmed a higher court’s ruling against a man who
sexually abused his stepdaughter, who had mental disabilities, and forced her
into prostitution from 2013 to 2018. The perpetrator was sentenced to 16
years in prison. The ombudsman’s 2018 annual report acknowledged that
adequate practical and normative measures to prevent the sexual abuse of children
in the country did not exist. MONTENEGRO SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law prohibits commercial sexual exploitation,
sale, and offering or procuring for prostitution, and the country partially enforced
the law. The age of sexual consent is 18. There is a statutory rape law.
Sexual activity with a juvenile carries a prison sentence of up to three
years. Paying a juvenile for sexual activity carries a prison term of three
months to five years. Authorities may fine or imprison for one to 10 years
any person found guilty of inducing a minor into prostitution. Child pornography
is illegal, and sentences for violators range from six months in prison for
displaying child pornography to eight years for using a child in the
production of pornography. KOSOVO SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law prohibits possession, production, and
distribution of child pornography. Persons who produce, use, or involve a
child in making or producing pornography may receive a prison sentence of one
to five years. The distribution, promotion, transmission, offer, or display
of child pornography is punishable by six months’ to five years’
imprisonment. Possession or procurement of child pornography is punishable by
a fine or imprisonment of up to three years. The minimum legal
age for consensual sex is 16. Statutory rape is a criminal offense punishable
by five to 20 years in prison. 2018 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor Office of Child Labor,
Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking, Bureau of International Labor Affairs,
US Dept of Labor, 2019 www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ILAB/child_labor_reports/tda2018/ChildLaborReportBook.pdf [accessed 7
September 2020] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor SERBIA –[page 1031] Children from
Serbia, particularly those from Roma communities, are trafficked internally
to engage in the worst forms of child labor, including commercial sexual
exploitation. (5-7,14) Child trafficking victims, especially girls, Roma children, and
children from low-income families in rural communities, are most vulnerable
to child labor. (1,16) In 2018, 42 percent
of the 1,140 migrant children in Serbia were unaccompanied. (17)
Unaccompanied children and those of migrant and asylum-seeking families from
Iraq (Kurds and Yazidis) and Afghanistan are vulnerable to trafficking for
labor and sexual exploitation, particularly if they are not enrolled in
school. (1,4-7,12,13,18-21) MONTENEGRO –[page 816] Children,
especially girls, are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation,
internally and transnationally within the region and to Western Europe.
(5,12,19,6) During the
reporting period, according to the government, resources were sufficient for
combating human trafficking. (3,5) OFTIP organized a
training on early identification of human trafficking, including the worst
forms of child labor. OFTIP and the OSCE also held seminars for 15 police
officers on human trafficking for labor exploitation. (3,5) In addition,
seminars on public awareness on human trafficking, including the use of
children in commercial sexual exploitation, were organized in Bijelo Polje, Tivat, and Podgorica by OFTIP and the State Human
Resources Agency for 50 employees of local municipalities. (5,36) In 2018, as
part of the Beggar Task Force, 246 people were investigated, out of which 33
were juveniles, and 22 children were sent to SWCs. (3) KOSOVO –[page 692] Children in Kosovo
engage in the worst forms of child labor, including in commercial sexual
exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking. Children also
perform dangerous tasks in street work. (1-4) No recent data were available,
but a Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) conducted from 2013 to 2014
determined that 5,398 children in Kosovo were engaged in child labor. (5) A
parallel MICS targeting the Roma, Ashkali, and
Balkan Egyptian communities in Kosovo found that 2,168 children from these
communities were engaged in child labor. (6) Five handed
suspended sentences for human trafficking Mar 8, 2007 194.109.152.234/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=03&dd=09&nav_id=40042 [Last access date
unavailable] A The group was
arrested in November 2005, when Radivojević
“bought” a Serbian citizen identified as I.R. in Bogatić,
taking her to Gmijović’s apartment in
Belgrade, where she was illegally detained for several days until the police
set her free. The criminal group had intended to illegally transfer
their victim to When ‘Peacekeeping’
Equals Rape The American
Chronicle, November 13, 2006 www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/16594 [accessed 18 July
2011] The actor wants to
send UN Peacekeepers to 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 – SERBIA-MONTENEGRO – No specific actions to prevent CSEC are
taking place. The aim is to improve the child protection system as a whole.
The new government has announced that it will make all necessary legislative
changes to harmonise national legislation with EU
standards. It is thought that the new legislation will include protection
measures against CSEC. 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 18 July
2011] [79] US State Department,
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Trafficking in Persons
TIP Report, June 3, 2005 www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2005/46616.htm#serbia [accessed 18 July
2011] The union of Commitment
to the Stockholm Agenda for Action: 20th December 2001 Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Victim’s Protection Program for At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 18 July
2011] There is no
National Plan of Action against CSEC in Belgrade
Support to Exploited Children and Youth (Beo
Support) ECPAT International,
Groups: At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 18 July
2011] Beo Support's main goals
are: raising awareness of the trafficking among wide population in Serbia;
empowering children and youth to combat against sexual exploitation; and,
last but not least, teaching young people how to protect their peers in the
same way as themselves. ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** ECPAT Global
Monitoring Report on the status of action against commercial exploitation of
children - SERBIA [PDF] ECPAT International,
2006 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/Europe/Global_Monitoring_Report-SERBIA.pdf [accessed 18 July
2011] The trafficking of
children within, into and out of Roma children and street
children are an extremely vulnerable group, and anecdotes of prostitution of
Roma children around train and bus stations are common. These children are at
high risk of being trafficked in Serbia in particular, and there were reports
in 2002 of Roma children from the former Yugoslavia being sold in Italy for
the sex industry. Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61673.htm [accessed 11
February 2020] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– Underage girls were
among those trafficked for sexual
exploitation. In November authorities rescued a 14-year-old girl at
the Slovenian border from an international trafficking ring attempting to
take her to the Human
Rights Reports » 2003 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27874.htm [accessed 5 April
2020] [scroll down to [f] TRAFFICKING IN
PERSONS
- The law prohibits trafficking in persons; however, trafficking in persons
remained a serious problem. There were reports that police and other
officials were involved in trafficking, All material
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