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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Children in Street Prostitution - Report from the
German-Czech Border [DOC] Cathrin Schauer
-- Publication by ECPAT www.childcentre.info/projects/exploitation/germany/dbaFile11447.doc [accessed 19 July 2011] THE VICTIMS - The 40 children and young
people who were interviewed for the study come from socially disadvantaged
families in the regions of West-Bohemia, North-Bohemia, South-Bohemia and Slovakia. Their parents are mostly
unemployed, many of them are drug and/or alcohol addicts, some of them are in
prison. The children stand out because of their neglected appearance; they
only rarely attend school, and it is their daily occupation to assure the
income of their family. The children interviewed spoke only reluctantly about
their families. Many of them were raped or sexually abused before they became
involved in commercial sexual exploitation. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2003 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2003/slovak-republic.htm [accessed 22 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Girls from Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61674.htm [accessed 22 December 2010] CHILDREN - Child prostitution is
prohibited. Community workers reported it was a problem in Romani settlements with the worst living conditions.
During the year there were no reported cases of trafficking in children. Concluding Observations of the
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 6 October 2000 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/slovakia2000.html [accessed 22 December 2010] [49] In line with the observation
of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children,
child prostitution, and child pornography, the Committee is concerned that
Slovakia has become a transit country for the transport of children for
pornography, prostitution and sex tourism. The Committee is also concerned at
reports that commercial sexual exploitation, particularly involving Russian
and Ukrainian girls, is increasing and at the generally insufficient data on and
awareness about the phenomenon of commercial sexual exploitation of children
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 – SLOVAK REPUBLIC – The Committee recommended that Slovakia undertake a national study
on CSEC that would analyze the nature and extent of the problem and serve as
a basis for designing appropriate measures. It also recommended a number of specific
actions including awareness raising campaigns to sensitize the general public
on the child's right to protection from sexual exploitation; strengthening
cooperation with authorities abroad; establishing rehabilitation programs and
shelters for victims of CSEC; and training personnel working with child
victims. 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 19 July 2011] [64] The sale and trafficking of
children is a criminal offence under the Criminal Code. Prostitution
is not a criminal offence, but the Criminal Code penalizes anyone who
procures prostitutes and if the offence involves children under the ages of
18 and 15, respectively, the Criminal Code assigns two stricter penalties
accordingly. Children in Street Prostitution - Report from the
German-Czech Border [DOC] Cathrin Schauer
-- Publication by ECPAT www.childcentre.info/projects/exploitation/germany/dbaFile11447.doc [accessed 19 July 2011] THE
VICTIMS - The 40
children and young people who were interviewed for the study come from
socially disadvantaged families in the regions of West-Bohemia, North-Bohemia,
South-Bohemia and Country Information - Terre des Hommes via its
Internet platform against sexual exploitation of children in tourism
www.child-hood.com www.child-hood.com/index.php?id=720&type=6 [accessed 19 July 2011] COMMERCIAL
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN IN TOURISM - Sexual exploitation of children by tourists represents
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