C S E C The Commercial Sexual
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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,
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Scan other countries as well as this one. Draw comparisons between activity in
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the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. HELP for Victims International Organization for
Migration ***
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 *** 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/slovakia/ [accessed 7
September 2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - Rape and sexual violence against a child carry basic
penalties of five to 10 years’ imprisonment. The law establishes 15 as the
minimum age for consensual sex. In addition to prohibiting trafficking in
persons, the law criminalizes the prostitution of children. These abuses were
not common, and there were no obstacles to enforcement of the law. The production,
distribution, or possession of child pornography is a crime with penalties
ranging from two to 20 years’ imprisonment. 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 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. Country
Information - Slovakia 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 a considerable problem in ***
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/2005/61674.htm [accessed 11
February 2020] CHILDREN
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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. All material
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