| 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).
* For the year 2000, 21000 children between 15-19
years were economically active. (ILO, Yearbook of Labour
Statistics, 2001)
* 29,600 teenagers
between 15-19 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)
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* The statutory minimum
age for the employment of children is 15 years, although children between
the ages of 13 and 15 years may work in certain jobs outside of school
hours. State authorities are lax in their enforcement of child labour and
school attendance laws. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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| Child
Slavery |
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* There is generally
no evidence of forced or bonded labour involving children, which is prohibited
by law. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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| Child
Trafficking |
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Trafficking in young
girls for forced prostitution abroad is increasing.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Lithuania is a source,
transit point, and destination for trafficking in women. Women from Belarus,
Russia (Kalingrad District), Latvia, and the Lithuanian countryside are
trafficked to major cities in Lithuania. Some are trafficked further to
Western Europe and elsewhere. Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Denmark,
and Austria are major destinations, based on the figures of women subsequently
deported from these countries to Lithuania.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
* Evidence suggests that
child prostitution is widespread. An estimated 12 to 15% of prostitutes
are considered juveniles, that is, between the ages of 8 and 18.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
*
The police in Riga stated that during the second part of 1995 they had
observed a 40-50% increase in prostitution among minors.
(ECPAT International, Helena Karlen and Christene
Hagnen, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Some Eastern European
Countries, March 1996)
ADULT STATISTICS
*
Although there is no official estimate of the number of prostitutes, unofficial
figures suggest that 10,000 to 15,000 persons work as prostitutes.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Both adult and child
prostitution are widespread, often linked to organised crime.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Prostitution in Riga
is increasing. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* The country is primarily
a source or transit country rather than a destination.
(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
* In 1998 there
were 6,344 reported cases of juvenile crime, representing 17.30%
of all criminal cases. The specific offences were: 18 cases of murder
(7.70% of all murders), 16 cases of serious assault (3.80% of all
cases), 6,198 cases of all types of theft (28.00% of all cases),
1,300 cases of aggravated theft (17.30% of all cases), 105 cases
of robbery and violent theft (17.30% of all cases), 742 cases of
theft of motor cars (29.80% of all cases), 3,468 cases of other
theft (28.60% of all cases), 109 cases of fraud (4.90% of all cases),
61 cases of counterfeit currency offences (9.30% of all cases),
14 cases of drug offences (3.60% of all cases) (INTERPOL,
International Crime Statistics for 1998, citing National
Statistics)
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Children are used
in organised crime. (EI, EI Barometer on Human and Trade Union Rights in the Education Sector, 1998)
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| Child
Soldiers |
RECRUITMENT
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
* All men are
liable for military service from the age of 19. Voluntary service
can be performed from the age of 18. (CSUCS,
Europe Report, October 1999, citing Mission of Latvia to the UN,
13 July 1999)
NOTES
ON GOVERNMENT FORCES
* There are no indications
of under-18s in government armed forces. According to the Law on Compulsory
Military Service, all men are liable for military service from the age
of 19. (CSUCS, Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
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| Domestic
Child Servants |
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Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
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