| Total
Child Labour |
NATIONAL STATISTICS
* For the year 2000, the ILO projects that there will be 2,000 economically
active children between the ages of 10-14, representing 2.00% of this age
group. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)
* According to the Ministry of Women, Family, and Child Development, 2,000
children between the ages of 12 and 14 were employed or looking for work
in 1998. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
*
In an ILO report listing the percentage of economically active children
aged between 10-14 in 28 African countries, Mauritius had by far the lowest
level with just 3%. (EI, EI Barometer on Human and Trade Union Rights in the Education Sector, 1998)
GENERAL NOTES AND
OBSERVATIONS
* Child labour in homes, on farms, and in shops is common on the relatively
isolated island of Rodrigues. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Child labour, with
26.4% of the primary school dropouts entering the informal sector, is an
acute problem. (Save the Children-Mauritius
and Association des Juristes Mauriciens, A Child in need is a friend of
mine, submission to the UN CRC, September-October 1996)
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| Child
Slavery |
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| Child
Trafficking |
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* There were reports
from the nearby island of Madagascar that women and children were trafficked
to the islands of Reunion and Mauritius for prostitution.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* In October
the new Minister of Women's Rights, Child Development, and Family
Welfare released a 1998 study on the sexual exploitation of children
that the previous government had withheld. Although it did not provide
the number of child prostitutes, the study reported that children
enter into prostitution as early as age 13; their clientele included
industrialists, professionals, police officers, parliamentarians,
and ministers. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* There were reports
from the nearby island of Madagascar that women and children were trafficked
to the islands of Reunion and Mauritius for prostitution.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Although child prostitution is invisible, it is rampant. The level of
child prostitution is highest in tourist areas. (Save the Children-Mauritius
and Association des Juristes Mauriciens, A child in need is a friend of
mine, submission to the UN CRC, September-October 1996)
* There is a reported rise
in child prostitution.
(UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, Concluding observations on Mauritius, 1995)
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| Children
in Crime |
GENERAL JUVENILE
CRIME STATISTICS
* 1.6% of total prisoners are juveniles. (UNDP, Human Development Report,
1999)
*
In 1998 there were 4,575 reported cases of juvenile crime, representing
12.18% of all criminal cases. The specific offences were: 8 cases of murder
(16.60% of all murders),
306 cases of all types of theft (2.51% of all cases), 51 cases of aggravated
theft (1.99% of all cases), 14 cases of robbery and violent theft (1.06%
of all cases), 46 cases of breaking and entering (3.78% of all cases),
266 cases of other theft (2.77% of all cases), 27 cases of drug offences
(1.29% of all cases)
(INTERPOL, International Crime Statistics
for 1998, citing National Statistics)
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Street children
often become involved with alcohol, drugs, prostitution, petty thievery,
and increasingly, violent crimes. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
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| Child
Soldiers |
RECRUITMENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS
There are no government armed forces. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
*
Volunteers from 16 years of age are taken. (Rädda
Barnen, Childwar database)
* The minimum
age for recruitment into the Special Mobile Force is 18 years of
age. (CSUCS,
Africa Report, April 1999, citing Mission of Mauritius to the UN,
21 January 1998)
NOTES ON GOVERNMENT FORCES
*
There are no indications of under-18 recruitment into the government
paramilitary forces.
(CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
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| Domestic
Child Servants |
GENERAL
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* Child labour in
homes is common on Rodrigues Island. (EI, EI Barometer on Human and Trade Union Rights in the Education Sector, 1998)
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Other
Hazardous
Child Labour |
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