UNICEF defines child trafficking as the the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons under 18 by use of force or threat to exploit that person. Although numbers are difficult to calculate UNICEF estimated in a 2009 report that about 1.2 million children are trafficked around the world each year. Those 1.2 million are exploited for profit, labor and sex.;xNLx;;xNLx;After reports in August 2014 of a 16 year-long child sex ring in Rotherham, England, involving around 1,400 children, Global Journalist wanted to take a look at how laws around the world have changed over time and how they are trying to protect victims.
This multilateral treaty signed by the League of Nations was a watershed because it set new goals in the fight against human trafficking at the international level. This convention also contributed to the official recognition of the anti-trafficking movement worldwide.
In newly independent India's constitution, the trafficking of persons in forced begging, sex and other types of labor is specifically prohibited.
The Sexual Offences Act of 1956, outlaws “causing or encouraging prostitution of, intercourse with, or indecent assault on, girl under sixteen.”
Among other provisions, India's new law allows for the prosecution of pimps, brothel owners and those who capture force people into prostitution.
The first law in Thailand that made prostitution illegal, it also aimed to reform prostitutes by offering them medical and vocational assistance.
A new Polish statute criminalizes not only prostitution but the 'incitement' of another to prostitution.
The act set out to abolish the bonded labor system, preventing the economic and physical exploitation of workers--including sex workers. Laborers were treated as victims under the act, rather than criminals.
This multilateral treaty was a watershed because it set new goals in the fight against human trafficking. Now ratified by 193 countries, Included is a provision that says "the State shall protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse, including prostitution and involvement in pornography."
One provision of the law criminalizes violence, exploitation and sexual abuse against children.
Updating a 1956 law, it specifically outlaws “causing or encouraging prostitution of, intercourse with, or indecent assault on, a girl under sixteen”.
