| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
* For the year 2000, the ILO projects that there will be 0 economically
active children between the ages of 10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
* In 1995, there were
0 economically active children between the ages of 10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
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| Child
Slavery |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Forced labour is
banned by law. No instances have been cited. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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| Child
Trafficking |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
* In Greece, more
than 40% of the minors in prostitution are from neighbouring or regional
countries, including Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Albania and Iraq,
which are suffering from conflicts and lack of social cohesion. (ECPAT
International, A Step Forward, 1999)
GENERAL NOTES AND
OBSERVATIONS
* Trafficking
in girls is a problem. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* There were
reports that older girls in local orphanages were approached with
offer to engage in prostitution, either locally or abroad. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* Armenian women work
as prostitutes in the Middle East and there have been reports of trafficking
in women and girls in the past. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* In December 1997,
a group of Armenians was caught in Belarus trafficking children to Brest
under false pretenses; their destination was Poland. (CATW
Fact Book, citing Noyan Tapan, "Criminal Group Trading Children Apprehended
in Belarus", 10 December 1997)
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* There were
reports that older girls in local orphanages were approached with
offer to engage in prostitution, either locally or abroad. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* In Greece, more
than 40% of the minors in prostitution are from neighbouring or regional
countries, including Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Albania and Iraq
which are suffering from conflicts and lack of social cohesion. (ECPAT
International, A Step Forward, 1999)
* Armenian women work
as prostitutes in the Middle East, and there have been reports of trafficking
in women and girls in the past. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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| Children
in Crime |
GENERAL JUVENILE
CRIME STATISTICS
* 1.5% of the
total prisoners are juveniles. (UNDP,
Human Development Report, 1999)
* In 1998 there
were 602 reported cases of juvenile crime, representing 5.60% of
all criminal cases. The specific offences were: 13 cases of murder
(9.00% of all murders), 22 cases of serious assault (10.70% of all
cases), 542 cases of all types of theft (16.30% of all cases), 22
cases of robbery and violent theft (9.10% of all cases), 132 cases
of breaking and entering (19.30% of all cases), 3 cases of drug
offences (0.50% of all cases)
(INTERPOL, International Crime Statistics
for 1998, citing National
Statistics)
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| Child
Soldiers |
RECRUITMENT
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
*
The Law on Military Duty states 18 years as the minimum age for
voluntary enlistment. (CSUCS,
Europe Report, October 1999, citing UNICEF, 18 August 1999)
* All men between
the ages of 18 and 27 are liable for military service. (CSUCS,
Europe Report, October 1999, citing War Resisters' International,
The CONCODOC Project, 1998)
NOTES ON GOVERNMENT FORCES
*
The Committee on the Rights of the Child, at its January 2000 session,
raised questions regarding reports of refugee children from Azerbaijan
being forced to join the Armenian army. The delegation responded
that Armenian children in Nagorno Karabakh had been known to take
up arms against Azerbaijan "in defence of their territory"
but that there were no reports of children participating in armed
conflict at the present time. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001, 12 June 2001 citing he Committee
on the Rights of the Child)
*
There have been reports of the forced recruitment of refugee children
from Azerbaijan into the Armenian army despite legal minimum age
requirements of 18 for both compulsory and voluntary recruitment.
(CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001, 12 June 2001)
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| Domestic
Child Servants |
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Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
SPECIFIC
SECTORS
* Street Children
- Street children remain a significant problem. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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