Child prostitution means that children are offered against money for sexual activities or included into these or for it to offer itself. In topic tables arguments the term frequently misleading expanded since the prostitution of young people. A summary of the prostitution of young people and children designates prostitution of persons under age.

History

In antique Rome prostitution was everyday and facts which can be found everywhere. From historical sources it is well-known that also children - usually slaves - when prostitutes had to work. In a Epigramm of Martial this reports of the fact that emperor Domitian had issued a law for the prohibition of the child prostitution.

Focus regions

According to vacant estimations of UNICEF practices world-wide approx. to 3 to 4 million young people and children to child prostitution, whereby the dark number lies probably by far more highly. In a publicly well-known case at least 25-30 undiscovered become estimated. The regional main focuses are Asia (the Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam, Kambodscha), Karibik (Dominican Republic of, Cuba), Brazil, southern and western Africa (Kenya, South Africa).

Persons, who force children to the prostitution, make themselves punishable in most countries, whereby the definition of the terms "children", "prostitution" and "obligation" strongly can vary.

Article 34 of the UN children's rights organization reads:

The Contracting States commit themselves to protect the child against all forms of commercial sexual exploitation. To this purpose the Contracting States meet in particular all suitable bilateral and multilateral measures, in order to prevent that persons under 18 years

to the participation in illegal sexual actions to be tempted or forced,

for the prostitution or other illegal sexual practices to be exploited,

for pornografische presentations and representations to be exploited.

Despite all prohibitions and regulations it is difficult to contain the child prostitution. This is on the one hand because of the large market, which is to be controlled in particular internationally only with difficulty, in addition, at laws for the protection of the family, which permits the national interference and monitoring only in limited measure. However for example a German citizen, who makes himself punishable abroad for the sexual abuse at children and young people, in the FRG can be sued after German right for his act abroad (Exterritorialprinzip)

Causes

Not least the poverty in the so-called developing countries causes the majority of the prostitution of children. Nevertheless die according to UNICEF annually 6 million children in this world at lack nutrition. Therefore child prostitution in poor countries is regarded rather as necessary evil and cannot be fought not effectively, since it is missing at alternatives. Also many children in these countries on the road live and by are kidnapped. Child prostitution often accompanies with Sextourismus into economically poorer countries, where children are forced frequently from economic poverty from their own parents to it and/or for it sold or kidnapped or as road children from to the prostitution are forced. Above all however the prostitution of children is a large business of the organized criminality. In the first place the causes for the prostitution of children however the "demand" stands! One estimates that annually approx. 200,000 sextourists seize themselves at children and young people. 95% are the author of men, who often document and if necessary as Kinderpornografie sell their encroachments. The authors believe that Sex with children saves a smaller risk to be infected with AIDS why the age of the abused children constantly sinks. However the infection danger is here particularly high, since the sexual abuse often accompanies with injuries.

State of affairs in Germany

During itself public consciousness, political arguments and the work of numerous relief organizations with priority on the prevention kind of these crime on children abroad arrange, find the emergency of children and young people, who prostituieren themselves also in this country, to date hardly attention.

Over the number under age of prostitutes in Germany are collections, which vary between 3 and 11 per cent based on the entire prostitution, and/or data, which proceed from approx. 10,000 to 20,000 prostitutes young people and children. A more exact indication of number of these illegal cases proves natural than problematic.

According to data of a Second Channel of German Television documentation of 09.12.2003 the number under age of prostitutes increases in this country more and more, whereby the portion of the younger ones rises ever more strongly. Like that each elfte prostitute, who had contact with the relief organization midnight mission Dortmund in the year 2002, was under age. Despite the apparent action need public conveyances for aid projects become at present more limited ever.

Usually the persons under age from social or vital emergency prostituieren themselves. Also the Stricher under age is to be called here. Often intoxication central crazes are added, whereby a vicious circle develops. Only one part of the prostitutes under age steps openly on the baby line (Places, at which persons under age offer themselves) with customers in contact, often the switchings take place over third. Approx. 90 per cent of the children and the young person concerned, who are cared for by relief organizations, experienced already in her family or the member circle sexual encroachments, many also different physical abusing and both certainly also their everyday life on the line.

In Germany become cases again and again admits, in which authors from the family periphery of children sexual one abuse of children organized against payment. In some cases the encroachments took place besides for the production of Kinderpornografie.

From a certain decision, approximately from an appointment or a living standard, it is not to be proceeded with child prostitutes and the majority of the juvenile prostitutes due to the conditions of its old-moderate development although it is conceivable that from tactical considerations, due to repression or for reasons of the displacement the "customer" opposite going by expressions take place. This circumstance does not lower the responsibility to it detailed author, after the legal situation in Germany is even then, if a consent or even the offer is present to sexual actions of a person under 14 years, the sexual action punishable, see sexual one abuse of children (Germany).

Used topics

ECPAT, woman Mrs., Kinderarbeit, criminal slave trade, Sextourismus, sexual one abuse of children, obligation prostitution

Literature

• Hathaichanok Amphan: The other world Thailand - it is not all gold which shines"Â…. Munich 2005
• Cathrin shower: Children on the line. Report of the German-Czech border. Bath Honnef 2003
• Heidi Gerlinger: Longing after - An analysis of the phenomenon child prostitution, juvenilia place registered association, 2001, ISBN 3925699570 (psychological ones and sociological background the world-wide phenomenon; In Germany live according to Gerlinger according to official estimations 10,000 to 20,000 children and young people, prostituieren themselves.)
• Bader Birgit: Line-experience, Galgenberg publishing house, 1991, ISBN: 3925387781 (life situation of Strichern, abuse at boys and child prostitution in Germany)
• Martin block (Hg.): Scene Manila: Kidnapped, sold, abuses - tourism and child prostitution. Hamburg 1998
• Adolf Gallwitz, Manfred Paulus: Green stuff - the child Sex mafia in Germany, publishing house German police literature, 1998, ISBN 3801103765
• Gisela Wuttke: Child prostitution child pornography tourism - a stocktaking, 1998, ISBN 3889775314
• Sabine Partenheimer: Child and youth prostitution in Germany - analysis of the conditions and courses of action of the juvenile welfare service, Shaker publishing house, 1997, ISBN 3826526740

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