| 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, 83900 children between 15-19 years were economically active.
(ILO,
Yearbook of Labour Statistics, 2001)
* 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
prohibited by laws. No cases have been reported.
(US
Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)
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| Child
Trafficking |
NATIONAL
STATISTICS
* Some NGO's
estimate that 1,500 to 2,000 girls and young women are trafficked
abroad into prostitution each year. (US
Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2001,
March 2002)
ADULT STATISTICS
* Of the total 751
trafficking victims found from January 1994 to June 1995 in Austria, 112
were from Slovakia. (CATW Fact Book,
citing IOM Report 1996)
*
The reported numbers of women in a trafficking situation totaled 2 cases
in 1992, 8 cases in 1993, and 10 women in 1994, but knowledge of criminal
activity shows that these are small fractions of the reality.
(CATW Fact Book, citing "Highway to prostitution",
The Euroreporter, 1995)
GENERAL NOTES
AND OBSERVATIONS
* Some women
from Russia and Ukraine reportedly are trafficked through the Slovak
Republic on their way to countries such as Turkey, Greece, Italy,
Germany, and Serbia, where they are forced to work as prostitutes.
(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* A report issued
by the Ministry of Interior states that the Slovak Republic is a transit
country for persons being trafficked mainly to Austria, the Czech Republic,
and Germany for the purpose of forced prostitution. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001 citing Ministry of Interior)
* There were
also reports of Slovak women being trafficked to Western Europe
with promises of work as models, waitresses, and au pairs. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* According to a report
on trafficking in women issued in March 1999, women from the Slovak Republic
work in Sweden as prostitutes. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001 citing a report by Swedish National
Criminal Investigation Department)
* Although previously Slovakia was primarily a source country increasingly
women from less prosperous eastern countries, (including the Russian
Federation, Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, and Bulgaria) find themselves
trafficked through and to Slovakia. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* Some women from Russia and Ukraine reportedly are trafficked through Israel
on their way to countries such as Turkey, Greece, Italy, Germany, and Serbia,
where they are forced to work as prostitutes. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)
* 20 years ago, Thailand was in the forefront as a sending country
for trafficked women. Thailand has now become a destination country,
receiving women from Russia, Yugoslavia, Poland, and the Czech and
Slovak Republics, South America. (CATW-Asia
Pacific, Trafficking in Women and Prostitution in the Asia Pacific,
1996)
* In Slovakia and
the Czech Republic the growing organised crime networks have engaged in
the trafficking of young women into Western Europe, especially to Germany,
Italy, the Netherlands and Greece. (CATW
Fact Book, citing "Highway to prostitution", The Euroreporter, 1995)
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| Child
Prostitution and
Pornography |
GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS
* According to a
report on trafficking in women issued in March 1999, women from the Slovak
Republic work in Sweden as prostitutes. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001 citing a report by Swedish National
Criminal Investigation Department)
* There is increasing child prostitution. (ECPAT
Newsletter, May 1999)
* In Slovakia and
the Czech Republic, the growing organised crime networks have engaged in
the trafficking of young women into Western Europe, especially to Germany,
Italy, the Netherlands and Greece. (CATW
Fact Book, citing "Highway to prostitution", The Euroreporter, 1995)
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| Children
in Crime |
GENERAL JUVENILE
CRIME STATISTICS
* Youth criminality
has increased. In 1990 children under the age of 15 reportedly committed
226 crimes; in 2000 this number rose to 4,159. Juveniles, 15 to
18 years of age, committed 5,565 crimes during the year. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)
* Number of crimes committed by children between 15-18 years increased
from 69,872 in1990 to 92,395 in 1992. (US
Dept of State, Human Rights Report, 1998)
* In 1998 there were
10,699 reported cases of juvenile crime, representing 11.40% of all criminal
cases. The specific offences were: 9 cases of murder (7.60% of all murders),
584 cases of serious assault (5.30% of all cases), 12,802 cases of all
types of theft (20.30% of all cases) , 6,409 cases of aggravated theft
(21.90% of all cases), 259 cases of robbery and violent theft (21.10% of
all cases), 5,630 cases of breaking and entering (20.70% of all cases),
2,273 cases of theft of motor cars (29.60% of all cases), 6,185 cases of
other theft (18.30% of all cases), 35 cases of fraud (2.00% of all cases),
136 cases of counterfeit currency offences (20.70% of all cases), 60 cases
of drug offences (11.70% of all cases).
(INTERPOL, International Crime Statistics
for 1998, citing National Statistics)
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| Child
Soldiers |
RECRUITMENT
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
* All men who have reached the age of 18 years are called up for military
service. Citizens who wish to join the army earlier may be given permission
to do so as of 1 January of the year in which they turn 17. (CSUCS,
Europe Report, October 1999, citing Report of Slovakia to the UN CRC, 17
August 1998)
* A Slovakian
citizen can become a professional member of the armed forces only
if he is 18 years old and if he has performed his military service.
This means that no underage children can become professional soldiers.
(CSUCS,
Europe Report, October 1999, citing Mission of the Slovak Republic
to the UN, 22 November 1999)
NOTES ON GOVERNMENT
FORCES
* All men who
have reached the age of 18 years in a given year are called up for
military service. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
* According
to official information received by the Coalition, it is likely
that 17-year-olds could be called to perform compulsory military
service. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001)
* The Ministry
of Defence of the Slovak Republic states that there are no children
under 18 serving obligatory service in the year 2001. (CSUCS,
Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001 citing Ministry of Defence)
* There
are indications of under-18s in government armed forces as the voluntary
recruitment age is 17. Attendance at military schools can start
at the age of 15. The government has indicated that it will be passing
legislation prohibiting military service under 18. (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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