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Sri Lanka Research Report. The sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking of children in Sri Lanka

Document number
2082
Date
2009
Title
Sri Lanka Research Report. The sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking of children in Sri Lanka
Author/publisher
Jason Squire and Sarasi Wijeratne, Terre des hommes
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems,
Summary

As often occurs in qualitative research, the information collected revealed areas of relevance not predicted by the research objectives, and rendered some of the intended central foci of the research to be of less vital concern than anticipated. Initially, the study intended to investigate the presence of child trafficking and its links with child sex tourism and the commercial sexual exploitation of children. As well, the study intended to examine the impact of the 2004 tsunami on the trafficking of children into commercial sexual exploitation. In brief, the study found (despite inadequate reporting of trafficking by law enforcement officials) relatively little trafficking of children into commercial sexual exploitation, as opposed to children entering CSEC from intermediate situations, such as domestic service or other labour, marriage, or proximity to opportunities for prostitution, such as military installations or tourist sites. At the same time, the study found little evidence of linkages between the tsunami and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes.

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