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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Between Venezuela and
Ecuador Survivors' Rights International SRI, July 17, 2003 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 15 August 2011] BACKGROUND - Children from ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/venezuela.htm [accessed 16 January 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children are also involved in begging, petty theft on the streets,
prostitution, and drug trafficking. Venezuela is a destination, transit, and
source country for children trafficked for the purpose of sexual
exploitation. Children are trafficked internally for labor and sexual
exploitation. CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - The National Institute for Minors
has made efforts to address the commercial sexual exploitation of children by
establishing Local Social Protection networks for children and adolescents
who are at high risk. These networks are comprised of public and private
institutions and organizations that contribute toward the development of a
coordinated local plan in regions of the country where children are most
vulnerable. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61745.htm [accessed 16 January 2011] SECTION 6
WORKER RIGHTS – [d]
The law protects children from exploitation in the workplace. The Ministry of
Labor and the National Institute for Minors enforced child labor policies
effectively in the formal sector of the economy but less so in the informal
sector. The Foundation for Training in the Investigation of Human Resources
estimated in 2004 that there were 1.6 million children working in various
sectors of the labor market, including 206 thousand involved in prostitution, panhandling, or drug
trafficking. Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 8 October 1999 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/venezuela1999.html [accessed 16 January 2011] [32] The Committee expresses its concern at the absence
of data and of a comprehensive study on the issue of sexual commercial
exploitation and sexual abuse of children, at the lack of a national plan of
action to address this issue and at the inadequacy of the State party's
legislation to deal with it. Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic,
Social, and Cultural Rights 21 May 2001 www.unhcr.org/refworld/publisher,CESCR,CONCOBSERVATIONS,VEN,3cc7f9e86,0.html [accessed 26 August 2011] [16] The Committee is alarmed about the high rate of
domestic violence and the extent of child prostitution and trafficking in
children, and regrets the lack of available statistics on the number of
street children. The Committee is deeply concerned about the extent of the
sex trade involving children and the inability of the State party to address
these issues. [27] The Committee urges the State party to indicate,
in its next periodic report, the problem of the measures it has undertaken to
address the problem of street children and, in particular, the problem of
their sexual exploitation. 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 15 August 2011] [78] The sale, trafficking and use of children in
prostitution and pornography are punishable under the Statutory Law for the
Protection of Children and Adolescents. Those who promote, benefit
from, or assist in the exploitation of children are criminally liable and may
receive prison sentences of 2 to 8 years. Child victims do not incur criminal
liability. Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Between Survivors' Rights International SRI, July 17, 2003 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 15 August 2011] BACKGROUND - Children from Concluding observations of the Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination,
Sixty-seventh session, 2-19 August 2005 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/country/venezuela2005.html [accessed 15 August 2011] [19] The Committee notes with concern ……. More
particularly, in the centers of illegal gold prospecting, there is evidence
that indigenous children and adolescents are subjected to labor exploitation
and the worst forms of child labor, including servitude and slavery, child
prostitution, trafficking and sale. Written statement submitted by
Human Rights Advocates - a non-governmental organization in special
consultative status UN Economic and Social Council Commission on Human Rights,
Fifty-fourth session, 5 March 1998 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/fd0ee19efe8acf7080256683004f60ee?Opendocument [accessed 15 August 2011] [3] Thousands of Ecuadorian children are smuggled
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