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FEATURED ARTICLE *** RIGHTS OF THE CHILD - Report of the Special
Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography,
Ms. Ofelia Calcetas-Santos U.N. Economic and Social Council,
Commission on Human Rights, Fifty-sixth session, 22 December 1999 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/eee276066375879b8025689600531c70?Opendocument [accessed 5 April 2011] 35. Many children
who suffer such abuse in the home run away around the age of 12 or 13. They
often enter prostitution shortly afterwards in order to make some money while
living on the streets, and often to recreate the abuse that they have
suffered throughout their lives, in circumstances in which they have control
over it. 37. Despite the
very different circumstances that lead these children, Belgian, immigrant or
refugee, to live and work on the streets, many aspects of their future will
be similar. Up to 70 per cent of them become addicted to cocaine, heroin,
ecstasy, speed, or a mixture of these, and some become drug dealers to
support their addiction. Other addictions include gambling, with estimates
suggesting that up to 80 per cent of the children’s earnings are spent in
gambling halls. A large number of such halls appeared in Brussels in 1995,
and have now replaced video parks as the main places for street children to
hang out. ***
ARCHIVES *** Runaways
- Where To Turn For Help Before You Are Homeless www.homeless.org.au/runaways.htm [accessed 5 April 2011] Here are the best
phone numbers to call …They are Confidential - which means they won't tell
anyone about your call unless you want them to talk to somebody for you, or
you are in danger. They are open 24
Hours - it doesn't matter what time you call
In Belgium, call 078/15 14 13 UNICEF
- www.unicef.org/infobycountry/belgium.html [accessed 5 April 2011] Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61639.htm [accessed 22 January 2011] CHILDREN
- Free
full time education is compulsory from ages 6 to 16; subsequently education remains
compulsory until the age of 18, but pupils may continue on a part time basis.
Most children over 15 years old (more than 75 percent) finish school with a
secondary diploma. Government and
private groups provided shelters for runaways and counseling for children who
were physically or sexually abused. Child Focus, the government-sponsored
center for missing and exploited children, reported that it handled 3,305
cases concerning 3,658 children in 2004. Approximately 40 percent of the
reported cases concerned runaways. RIGHTS OF THE CHILD - Report of the Special
Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography,
Ms. Ofelia Calcetas-Santos U.N. Economic and Social Council,
Commission on Human Rights, Fifty-sixth session, 22 December 1999 www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/eee276066375879b8025689600531c70?Opendocument [accessed 5 April 2011] 35. Many children who
suffer such abuse in the home run away around the age of 12 or 13. They often
enter prostitution shortly afterwards in order to make some money while
living on the streets, and often to recreate the abuse that they have
suffered throughout their lives, in circumstances in which they have control
over it. 37. Despite the
very different circumstances that lead these children, Belgian, immigrant or
refugee, to live and work on the streets, many aspects of their future will
be similar. Up to 70 per cent of them become addicted to cocaine, heroin,
ecstasy, speed, or a mixture of these, and some become drug dealers to
support their addiction. Other addictions include gambling, with estimates
suggesting that up to 80 per cent of the children’s earnings are spent in
gambling halls. A large number of such halls appeared in Brussels in 1995,
and have now replaced video parks as the main places for street children to
hang out. United Fund for United Fund for At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 September 2011] CHARITY OBJECTIVES - Shelter for children in difficulty … Shelter and orientation for young people in crisis … Accomm. & Guidance for Youngsters in Distress … Shelter and guidance for families and people on their own ... Lodging of 70 teenagers in psychic suffering ... Program offered to a group of school drop-outs in Brussels … etc. BBC News, Shirin
Wheeler, BBC Europe correspondent, 18 June, 2002 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2051904.stm [accessed 5 April 2011] "It was very
hard. I left Statistics (Council of Europe) [accessed 5 April 2011] [scroll down] STATISTICS - Belgium has 4,000
homeless children (in the charge of homeless parents). Industrialized
Countries - Commentary United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF, The
Progress of Nations, 1998 www.unicef.org/pon98/indust3.htm [accessed 5 April 2011] A number of cities
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