| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year
2000, 122000 children between 15-19 years were economically active.
(ILO, Yearbook of Labour Statistics, 2001)
* 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)
* 106,000 teenagers between
15-19 years are economically active. (ILO, Yearbook of Labour Statistics,
1999)
* 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
* No cases of forced
child labour have been reported. (US
Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)
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| Child
Trafficking |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Finland is
a secondary destination-transit country for trafficking. The Government
believes that most such trafficking involves women and girls for
prostitution. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* In 1994, police
in Helsinki, Finland reported a sharp increase in the inflow of prostitutes
from Russia and the Baltic States. (CATW
Fact Book, citing European Conference on Trafficking in Women, Trafficking
of Women to the European Union, June 1996)
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Child Pornography
is a concern in Finland. While available information does not offer
statistics on the production and possession of child pornography.
(ECPAT,
CSEC Database, http://www.ecpat.net/eng/ecpat_inter/projects/monitoring/online_database/index.asp)
* The Government
believes that most trafficking involves women and girls for prostitution.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* Child prostitution
is increasing. (International
Save the Children Alliance, Children's Rights: Reality or Rhetoric?, 1999)
* In 1994, the first
sex club opened in Helsinki, Finland. By 1996, there were 13.
(CATW
Fact Book, citing European Conference on Trafficking in Women, Trafficking
of Women to the European Union, June 1996)
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| Children
in Crime |
GENERAL JUVENILE
CRIME STATISTICS
* 80 pre-trial
detention cases involving juveniles.
(International Save the Children Alliance,
Children's Rights: Reality or Rhetoric?, 1999)
* In 1998, there
were 105,925 reported cases of juvenile crime, representing 26.20%
of all criminal cases. The specific offences were: 3 cases of murder
(14.30% of all murders), 371 cases of serious assault (20.60% of
all cases), 60,403 cases of all types of theft (40.10% of all cases),
896 cases of aggravated theft (24.80% of all cases), 1,058 cases
of robbery and violent theft (47.20% of all cases), 52,071 cases
of other theft (40.80% of all cases), 2,211 cases of fraud (12.90%
of all cases), 2,743 cases of drug offences (29.00% of all cases)
(INTERPOL,
International Crime Statistics for 1998, citing National Statistics)
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| Child
Soldiers |
GOVERNMENT
FORCE STATISTICS
* The government
reported that under previous legislation, less than 300 men under
18 served in the Defence Forces each year, or less than one per
cent of recruits. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001, 12 June 2001)
RECRUITMENT
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
* All male citizens who
are 18 years of age are called up and are liable to join military service.
(CSUCS,
Europe Report, October 1999, citing Report of Finland to the UN CRC, 31
January 1995)
* Although young men
of 17 are liable for military service, in general military service is done
within the two years following call-up, at the age of 19 or 20. (CSUCS,
Europe Report, October 1999, citing War Resisters' International, The CONCODOC
Project, 1998)
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| Domestic
Child Servants |
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Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Children are commonly
employed in restaurants, hotels and in construction work.
(EFCW, Children Who Work in Europe, June
1998)
SPECIFIC SECTORS
* Street Children
- The problem of street children is not large and estimates suggest
that there are about 100-200 children.
(EFCW, Children Who Work
in Europe, June 1998)
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