| Description |
xi, 152 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Preface / Joaquin F. Otero, Deputy Under Secretary for International Labor Affairs -- Foreword / Karen Nussbaum, Director, Women's Bureau -- Keynote address / Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II -- Part I: Overviews on child prostitution. International perspectives and child prostitution in Asia / Vitit Muntarbhorn ; Child prostitution in Latin America / Dorianne Beyer ; Child prostitution in the United States / Robert Flores -- Part II: Responses to child prostitution. The role of the International Labor Organization / Panudda Boonpala ; A non-governmental organization perspective / Ladda Saikaew ; The role of the media / Gilberto Dimenstein ; The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the World Congress on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Stockholm 1996 / Bertil Lindblad -- Afterword / Andrew James Samet, Associate Deputy Under Secretary for International Labor Affairs -- Appendices: A. The international law enforcement response / International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) ; B. About the symposium speakers ; C. ILO Convention 29 on Forced Labor ; D. UN Convention on the Suppression of Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others ; E. UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Article 6 ; F. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child ; G. 1994 Child Sex Abuse Prevention Act |
| Notes |
"Papers from a symposium co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, the Women's Bureau, and the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, held on September 29, 1995, at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, DC." |
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"Symposium proceedings"--Cover |
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Appendix includes various international conventions on children, labor, and prostitution |
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Shipping list no.: 96-0255-P |
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Also available via Internet through the World Wide Web, ftp, and gopher |
| Subject |
Child labor -- Congresses.
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Child labor -- Law and legislation -- Congresses.
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Child prostitution -- Congresses.
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Forced labor -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
United States. Bureau of International Labor Affairs.
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United States. Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
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United States. Women's Bureau.
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| LC no. |
96147119 |
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