| 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)
* 2,191 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)
|
| Child
Slavery |
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* The effective enforcement
of labour laws is observed. No cases of bondage have been reported.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
|
| Child
Trafficking |
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* In August the Ministry
of Labour denied allegations made by a European Parliament Deputy that
Luxembourg is a "turntable" for trafficking in women. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001 citing the Ministry of Labour
)
* Allegations by two
prominent politicians - including Luxembourg's European Commissioner, Viviane
Reding - that the country serves as a transit point for trafficking in
women. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
-
|
| Children
in Crime |
GENERAL JUVENILE CRIME STATISTICS
* In 1998, there
were 2,297 reported cases of juvenile crime, representing 8.46%
of all criminal cases. The specific offences were: 61 cases of serious
assault (5.75% of all cases), 3,147 cases of all types of theft
(27.01% of all cases), 839 cases of aggravated theft (25.98% of
all cases), 74 cases of robbery and violent theft (20.00% of all
cases), 823 cases of breaking and entering (31.08% of all cases),
79 cases of theft of motor cars (12.09% of all cases), 2,228 cases
of other theft (28.70% of all cases), 1 cases of fraud (0.17% of
all cases), 33 cases of drug offences (4.00% of all cases)
(INTERPOL, International Crime Statistics
for 1998, citing National
Statistics)
|
| Child
Soldiers |
GOVERNMENT FORCE STATISTICS
*
There are currently 54,17-year-olds, in the armed forces. (CSUCS,
Europe Report, October 1999, citing Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
RECRUITMENT
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
* Volunteers from
17 years of age are taken. (Rädda
Barnen, Childwar database)
*
Conscription does not exist in Luxembourg and was abolished in 1967. (CSUCS,
Europe Report, October 1999)
NOTES
ON GOVERNMENT FORCES
* In 2001 the
government reported there were 24 voluntary recruits under the age
of 18 in the armed forces, but stated that under-18s are not deployed
in situations of armed conflict. Under-18 recruitment is set to
continue, but legal provisions are being established to ensure there
will be no under-18 deployment either in situations of armed conflict
or in peace-keeping operations. (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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