In addition, the criminalisation of the abuse of male minors is now far more extensive than before.

For sex crimes against minors, the crime was considered to be sexual abuse, not harassment.

Reports of gender based violence and abuse of minors continue to be received from all parts of the country.

Of the 374 persons sentenced in 1995 for sexual abuse of minors under 15 years of age, 116 were imprisoned.

175. Moreover, the provisions in force on the guardianship of minors, i.e. Act No. 10.903, which amended the system of parental authority, guarantee the right of minors not to be subjected to abuse and exploitation.

80. The following statistics for North Bohemia for 1995 were provided to the Special Rapporteur by police officers 147 cases of sexual abuse of minors under 15, only 4 of which had not been solved 10 cases of sexual abuse of minors aged between 15 and 18, which had all been solved 8 cases of prostitution of minors under 15, which had all been solved and 12 cases of prostitution of minors aged between 15 and 18, of which 11 had been solved.

She also expressed concern about the apparent leniency of penalties for extremely serious offences such as trafficking, the sexual abuse of minors and incest.

Nor had child prostitution been investigated, even though it is a serious violation of human rights, implying the abandonment, abuse and exploitation of minors.

A. Violence against refugee minors, including unaccompanied minors, in situations of armed conflict

Croatia's Penal Code provided penalties for those engaging in crimes such as cross border prostitution, the abuse of minors involving pornography and the illegal cross border transport of persons.

Minors

The independent expert was informed that some male minors held with adults in the Ngozi prison alleged that sexual abuse by adult prisoners was common practice.

Involvement of Minors in Prostitution

The Committee is concerned about trafficking in minors, especially indigenous minors.

84. The approach taken in various fields, including the judicial field, towards the subject of practising paedophiles and towards the sexual abuse of minors in general is symptomatic of a profound moral crisis.

Nine of the victims were minors.

Among the Arab education system, the gap between the genders was also in favor of the male minors, although the dropout rates of Arab female minors exceeded those of Jewish female minors.

Defendants Sentenced Minors

Current figures indicate that 10 12 of the female minors in the care of the Service for Women and female minors of the Ministry of Social Affairs engage in prostitution, (approximately 45 female minors).

Several days later the children were returned to their parents for lack of evidence supporting charges of sexual abuse against minors or the description of the movement by some of the media as a dangerous sect .

Legal and Social Problems of Minors, 1989

(c) Education or re education of minors

The major rehabilitation program for female minors is the Service for female minors in Distress of the Ministry of Social Affairs.

The Committee notes with concern information indicating a high level of tolerance of promiscuity in families, the lack of information available on child abuse in the family and that legislation for the protection of children from sexual abuse does not expressly prohibit sexual intercourse with minors that are the offender's natural children.

Brazil made reference to offences against children established in its legislation, which encompassed some of the means of trafficking stipulated in the definition contained in the Protocol as forms of the basic criminal conduct, such as abduction of minors and adolescents, sale of children or pupils ( through the giving and receiving of payment ) and abuse of power against minors and adolescents.

Current data shows that the number of female minors and male minors defined as active athletes (meaning participation in 18 games in group sports and participation in 3 4 recognized competitions in personal sports) is almost equal (9,641 female minors to 9,710 male minors) in all areas of sports.

150. The Special Representative also notes that, since January 1997, two foreigners have been arrested in connection with the sexual abuse of minors. One of them had been sentenced at the time of writing of the present report.

Female minors' entitlement to a matriculation degree was also higher and stood at 63 , compared with 49.5 of the male minors.

With a view to protecting the rights of minors of employable age, brochures were distributed describing the rights and duties of minors as workers.

President of the Association for the Protection of Minors in Lebanon (founded in 1939), which provides care for delinquent or potentially delinquent minors

Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors

Or do you employ minors?

Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors

The curriculum is identical for female minors and male minors, yet some schools conduct the lessons separately.

9. Acknowledges that education is among the most effective initial means of ensuring protection for unaccompanied minors, especially girls, by shielding them from exploitative activities such as child labour, military recruitment or sexual exploitation and abuse

This includes minors who are without any adult care, minors who are entirely on their own, minors who are with minor siblings but who, as a group, are unsupported by any adult responsible for them, and minors who are with informal foster families.

All forms of abuse, particularly sexual abuse.

100. As for sex tourism involving minors, which is envisaged in the draft optional protocol now being prepared, the AAJ pointed out that rather than one single offence it included several different offences (1) that committed by the agency promoting such tourism, which could be instigation to the violation of minors (2) that committed by the procurer(s) who prostitute the children and (3) that committed by the user of such services, which is sexual abuse or violation of minors.

The park stipulated that minors should enter the park with company of adult guardians, who should be fully responsible for the minors' safety.

(d) The need for special legislative provisions for the detention of minors and or dealing with minors who accompany asylum seekers or immigrants

(d) Assisting parents in the re education of minors.

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The second case relates to minors.

The percentage of those successfully completing the exams is equally high with the ratio higher among female minors than male minors (57 to 33 ).

Most of the victims were minors, the youngest aged 2.