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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st Century gvnet.com/humantrafficking/StVincent&Grenadines.htm
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a
potential source country for children trafficked internally for the purposes
of sexual exploitation; it may also be a destination country for women
trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation. Anecdotal
reporting suggests the number of victims trafficked in, to, or through St.
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Human Trafficking Concerns in the
Commonwealth Caribbean: the 2009 Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)
London, 24 June 2009 [accessed 25 December 2010] ST. VINCENT AND THE 7. This the first
time that St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been mentioned in a TIP report.
Although the government of 8. This lack of
substantiated information is problematic, as it belies the actual extent of
trafficking. Furthermore, lack of information allows for the official
sidestepping, even denial of the issue. Indeed, the lack of investigation and
information on human trafficking in St. Vincent and the Grenadines reflects
the lack of comprehensive domestic antitrafficking
law enforcement and protection and prevention policies. St. Vincent and the
Grenadines has no specific law prohibiting the trafficking in persons. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2006 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor [PDF] www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/tda/tda2006/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.pdf [accessed 25 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - There is concern that child prostitution is becoming
a larger problem in CURRENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - Research has not
identified any policies or programs by the Government of Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines to address exploitive child labor. Human Rights
Reports » 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/wha/119173.htm [accessed 25 December 2010] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– The law does not address trafficking in persons specifically, nor does the
government have any specific programs to do so. Several Nepalese nationals were trafficked
to the country with the promise of work permits in Canada and the United
States, but the government returned them all to Nepal. There were no other reports
that persons were trafficked to, from, within, or through the country. SECTION
6 WORKER RIGHTS
– [c] The law prohibits forced or compulsory labor, including by children,
and there were no reports that such practices occurred. The Protection
Project - St. Vincent & The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/vincent.doc [accessed 2009] FACTORS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE - The growth of the sex tourism
industry in the Caribbean and FORMS OF TRAFFICKING - Trafficking in
women and children for sexual exploitation is a growing concern in the entire
Caribbean region. Millions of children in the region are victims of
commercial sexual exploitation, sex tourism, pornography, underage domestic
labor, and trafficking. GOVERNMENT RESPONSES - The constitution
of St. Vincent and the Grenadines prohibits slavery and forced labor. The Employment of Women, Young Persons,
and Children Act of 1935 (as revised in 1990) makes the employment of
children in industrial undertakings and ships illegal. Use of children and women for night work
also is prohibited. The act defines a child as a person younger than 14
years. Freedom House
Country Report - Political Rights: 2 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/st-vincent-and-grenadines [accessed 28 June 2012] Guyana, St Vincent object to human
trafficking report Caribbean360 News, www.caribbean360.com/index.php/news/15331.html [accessed 25 December 2010] Vincentian Prime
Minister Ralph Gonsalves told Parliament yesterday
that he was so upset by the country being placed in the second tier watch
list in the department's 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, that he
had written to US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton expressing the
government's displeasure and had also held discussions with the Chargé d'Affaires of the United States Embassy to Barbados and
the Eastern Caribbean, Brent Hardt. "There is no
evidential basis for the placement of St Vincent and the Grenadines on any
such watch list," he said, adding that the State Department had acted
unfairly and arbitrarily and that whoever prepared the report did so based on
"hearsay, unreliable information and some mischief making possibly by
some busy-bodies". "St
Vincent does not have trafficking of persons," Gonsalves
insisted. Human Trafficking Concerns in the Commonwealth
Caribbean: the 2009 Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)
[accessed 25 December 2010] ST. VINCENT AND THE 7. This the first
time that St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been mentioned in a TIP report.
Although the government of 8. This lack of
substantiated information is problematic, as it belies the actual extent of
trafficking. Furthermore, lack of information allows for the official
sidestepping, even denial of the issue. Indeed, the lack of investigation and
information on human trafficking in St. Vincent and the Grenadines reflects
the lack of comprehensive domestic antitrafficking
law enforcement and protection and prevention policies. St. Vincent and the
Grenadines has no specific law prohibiting the trafficking in persons. All
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