Protection of Children Sexually Exploited by Prostitution

Abstract

This academic article aims to analyze the protection of children who are sexually exploited by prostitution under international law and foreign law. As well as analyze the problem of child protection for sexual exploitation from prostitution under the Prevention and suppression of prostitution Act, 1996. By applying the concept of child rights protection, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Law on the Protection of the Rights of Children from Prostitution. Prostitution of the United States and the United Kingdom used as a framework for analysis.

The results of the analysis revealed that the Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act of 1996 had a problem in the matter of not defining the term. Children and the age of the child to be protected by law and the absence of a place of prostitution in a place other than its intended meaning prevents the child from being protected, including the child protection process by promoting occupations unsuitable for children. Therefore, it is necessary to amend the Prevention and suppression of prostitution Act, 1996 to be consistent with international law to impunity and provide protection for children exploited by prostitution and to ensure that these children are not treated as perpetrators but as victims with the best interests of the child in mind. Children under the age of 18 are required to be raised in the same manner as normal children and should be educated. This will result in more effective protection of children who are sexually exploited from prostitution.