4 comments on “With the banning of child camel jockeying, kids in Middle East are free from child slavery. Is it true?

  1. Thank you for your post. It is heartbreaking to see young children’s lives are put at risk in order for some people to make profits. Personally, I think child trafficking involves both child labor and migration. In order to tackle the problem of trafficking, we need to put emphasis on both aspects. Possible legal instruments that might help control such behavior include: international human rights instruments, labor and migration treaties, regional instruments and national law. NGOs can also get involved. In some countries where children are often trafficked for street begging, NGOs should stand forward and educate people that giving money to children beggars, which seems like a kind deed, could indirectly encourage the children traffickers and boost the demand for trafficked children in such countries. In China, mass media is also utilized to help trafficked victims find their missing children. Although it is challenging to utterly eliminate children trafficking within a short time, we can see that through the efforts of international and national legislatures, NGOs and mass media, the situation has been improving.

    Reference:
    “Action to Prevent Child Trafficking Report.” UNICEF, 2006.

    Pumin, Yin. “Saving Child Panhandlers.” Beijing Review 54.9 (2011). 18-19. EBSCOhost. 9 February 2012.

  2. Thank you for bringing this issue to discussion. This article has reminded me of the improper treatment to children in the Middle East. Other than child trafficking, issues like improper law to children, child labor and child prostitution also need the concern by the international communities of human rights.

    There are five countries in the world which allow death penalty on children. They are all in Middle East (Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen and Iran). These countries keep doing even under the pressure of human rights organization. This is improper in this modern and civilized world.

    In Iraq, many children are in the prostitution network, Prostitution is not illegal in Iraq, and this has worsened the situation of child trafficking.

    Moreover child marriage is very common. Many young girls are married under the age of 18. These are even forced marriages that they do not really know their husbands. Something sad even happens in Jordan. In rural areas, the raped girl is forced to be marrying to her rapist to keep the family honor and the life of the man responsible.

    As a result, in Middle East, children are generally not treated properly. It is essential for law to be properly amended and other countries or international communities to give a hand to them.

    References:

    http://www.humanium.org/en/middle-east-north-africa/

    Law Wai Ching
    3035047887

  3. Thank you for your blog post as the topic of child slavery is seldom discussed in prosperous cities like Hong Kong.

    I am glad that some International ordinance has been passed to protect children from trafficking. WIthout doubt, it is a milestone for However, I read a UNICEF report indicating that most of the child trafficking in Saudi Arabia is actually done by agreements with children’s parents and children themselves. Those children came from low-income families who wished to get rid of small towns and earned a living in Saudi Arabia. However, they suffered from constant abuses from smugglers.

    It is such an astonishing fact. To fully combat this type of child trafficking, cooperation between Middle East governments and international organisations like UNICEF is needed.

    Reference:

    Parents, children complicit in human trafficking—Report. Retreived from http://www.childtrafficking.org/cgi-bin/ct/main.sql?ID=1389&file=view_document.sql

  4. Thanks for your sharing on this interesting issue. It is sad to hear that unfair affairs are happening all around the world. It is necessary to stop the practice of children camel jockeying as soon as possible to avoid further tragedy happen.
    Though the Federal Laws had regulating and forbidding the children camel jockeying, I am doubt whether there is sufficient and possible to monitor this activities in an effective and efficient way. As in countries such as Afghanistan and Pakistan, the law execution institutions are not well established. The rights of the children cannot be protected if some of the camel jockeying activities are carrying illegally, which can be hardly observed. Also, corruption in the regions may even makes the situation worse. Therefore, the effectiveness of the law is determined by the government authority. I do think that laws to punish traffickers should be imposed. The rights of the children can only be protected if the regulations can be strictly carried out.

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