1. Is sexual exploitation and the trafficking of women and children and considered a crime in your country? Is consent taken into account? How is consent understood? Is it taken or seen as an attenuating factor?
| Type of crime | Frequency with which it occurs | Penalty | Statistical relationship between cases reported and sanctions |
2. Are there other crimes typified in your country that relate to
trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation?
3. What is the age at which children become adults? Does this
coincide with the criminal age? Do minors have the legal
capacity to denounce? What are the procedures?
4. What laws, proposed legislation, reforms or amendments to
the law currently exist regarding trafficking of women and
children for sexual exploitation in your country?
| Law or Bill # | Date of approval or current status | General content | Objectives |
5. Do these laws respond to the principles of the Convention on
the Rights of the Child, the Stockholm Declaration or other
international treaty obligations?
6. How is prostitution treated in legal terms (criminalization /
regulation / tolerance)?
7. Are trafficked persons vulnerable to criminal charges or other
administrative penalties? Do they have access to legal
assistance or translation? Witness protection? Access to
medical treatment and counseling? Shelter?
8. In circumstances of international trafficking, how are victims
treated (e.g. deportation, temporary stay based on cooperation
with authorities, option for voluntary repatriation, etc.)? What
agencies are responsible? Is the treatment different for
minors?