UN Urges Protection of Honduran Children From Sale, Abuse
UN Urges Protection of Honduran Children From Sale, Abuse
Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 11:45 am Press Release: UN News
UN Expert Urges Measures To Protect Children From Sale, Sexual Abuse In Honduras
New York, Apr 28 2014 12:00PM
Honduras must immediately adopt measures to effectively protect children, without discrimination, from all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation, an independent United Nations human rights expert has urged.
Najat Maalla Mjid, the UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, said that since her first official visit to the country two years ago, the number of complaints related to sexual exploitation and abuse, early pregnancy, sale, trafficking and child labour have increased.
Many children are at risk of falling victim [to] exploitation and abuse because the same risk factors that I signalled two years ago persist, she stated following her five-day visit to Tegucigalpa, where she met with government and civil society representatives, and visited two centres for children run by the Honduran Institute for Children and the Family (IHNFA) and the Casa Alianza charity.
The risk factors include poverty, unemployment, insecurity, violence and proliferation of firearms, and migration.
More:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1404/S00286/un-urges-protection-of-honduran-children-from-sale-abuse.htm
Look how well things turned out after Honduras' 1% overthrew the elected President and had him kidnapped at gunpoint, flown in his pajamas out of the country and dumped in Nicaragua.