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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st Century gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Oman.htm
Oman is a transit and destination country
for men and women, primarily from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the
Philippines, and Indonesia, most of whom migrate willingly to Oman as
domestic servants or low-skilled workers in the country’s construction,
agriculture, and service sectors. Some of them subsequently face conditions
indicative of involuntary servitude, such as withholding of passports and
other restrictions on movement, non-payment of wages, long working hours
without food or rest, threats, and physical or sexual abuse. Unscrupulous
labor recruitment agencies and their sub-agents at the community level in
South Asia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may coerce or defraud workers
into accepting work in Oman that turns out to be exploitative and, in some
instances, constitutes involuntary servitude. - U.S. State Dept
Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Arms Trade – Victoria Garcia, Center for Defense
Information CDI, February 13, 2004 www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?documentid=2068&programID=73&from_page=../friendlyversion/printversion.cfm [accessed 15 December 2010] BACKGROUND - While the U.S.
State Department has noted some improvements in the area of human rights, ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61696.htm [accessed 15 December 2010] TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – The law does not prohibit trafficking in persons; however, trafficking crimes are prosecuted under the criminal code and those convicted face three to five years in prison. While one NGO reported unsubstantiated claims of evidence near the Buraimi Oasis that foreign children were trafficked to the country for training as camel jockeys, the local UNICEF representative concurred with the government's denial that foreign children were trafficked and employed as camel jockeys. According to a December 20 statement from the International Labor Organization, child camel jockeys were no longer an issue in the country. The government operated a 24‑hour hot
line to register complaints of potential victims and also worked with foreign
governments to prevent trafficking in persons. Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) [DOC] UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
29 September 2006 [accessed 15 December 2010] [65] While noting that
the domestic legislation prohibits forced child prostitution, manufacturing,
acquiring or distribution of pornographic materials, bondage and slave trade,
the Committee is concerned about the potential of the State party to be or
become a destination country of trafficking in children owing to the large
number of migrants in search of employment. It notes with concern the lack of
data and the lack of research on the prevalence of national and cross-border
trafficking, child prostitution and child pornography. Concern is also
expressed about the lack of a comprehensive procedure to identify children
who may be victims of trafficking and the absence of adequate recovery and
reintegration services for these victims. UN expert on human trafficking calls on UN News Centre, 8 November 2006 www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20537&Cr=human&Cr1=traffic [accessed 15 December 2010] “Some of these
migrant workers are often lured in their country of origin by unscrupulous
recruiting agents with false promises of a certain job or certain working
conditions. More often than not they are shocked to find themselves in
exploitative situations upon arrival,” she said, adding that “casual labourers” are one of the most disadvantaged groups and
most open to abuse. Freedom House Country Rating - Political Rights: 6 Civil Liberties: 5 Status: Not Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/oman [accessed 27 June 2012] U.S. Library of
Congress - Country Study Library of Congress Call Number DS247.A13
P47 1994 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/omtoc.html [accessed 15 December 2010] child slavery – petition Petition sponsored by ipetiton At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 9 September 2011] 1. Please take
urgent action against human trafficking, especially young children between
the age of 2 to14 years who are being used as camel jockeys in 2. Ban under-age and
under-weight camel jockeys. The practice should be eliminated in all of the
countries listed. 3. Prohibit
unhygienic living conditions and purposely providing inadequate nutrition to
the jockeys. 4. Prohibit physical
and sexual abuse by the trainers. 5. Urge the
government to set and implement standards to improve living condition for the
jockeys. Slavery of Children and women in Morteza Aminmansour,
Persian Journal, Jun 20, 2004 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 9 September 2011] Exact number of
victims is impossible to obtain, but according to an official source in UAE,
there has been increase in the number of teen-age girls in prostitution
(forced to work from Arms Trade – Victoria Garcia, Center for Defense
Information CDI, February 13, 2004 www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?documentid=2068&programID=73&from_page=../friendlyversion/printversion.cfm [accessed 15 December 2010] BACKGROUND - While the U.S.
State Department has noted some improvements in the area of human rights, Secretary-General of League of Arab States
Delivers Address United Nations Press Release, Commission on
Human Rights 58th session, 17 April 2002 www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/0/06BA120C4D4CC048C1256B9F00262A3D?opendocument [accessed 15 December 2010] ZAKARIYA AL-SA'DI (Oman) said from
the beginning of the 1970s, Oman had been giving particular attention to the
rights of the child. There was a clear political will to improve the status
of children and to address their needs and their development. Oman had always
acceded to international conventions on the rights of children. It was
inconceivable that children were not protected even in the twenty-first
century. It had been internationally recognized that the children of Oman,
being brought up in an Islamic country, were fortunate to have escaped
several of the scourges suffered by children in other countries.
International reports had proved that Oman had showed its commitment to
children. Oman's achievements had been noted and the improvements it had made
had been given international recognition. All
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