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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 05 BRASILIA 000231
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/PPC, DRL/ILCSR, WHA/BSC
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FOR ILAB - TINA MCCARTER AND PILAR VELASQUEZ
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB BR
SUBJECT: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ACT
(GSP) REPORT
REFS: 08 STATE 127448, McCarter-Prince email 1/26/09, USDOL's 2007
Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor
¶1. Please find below answers for Brazil to questions in reftel
questions at para nine. Per ref b, in general only new information
not in ref C is provided below.
¶2. A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child
labor.
-What laws have been promulgated on child labor in the country?
Laws cited in ref C remain in force. A new child pornography took
effect in November 2008 (see below).
-What is the country's minimum age for admission to work?
Minimum working ages cited in ref C are in effect.
-Are there exceptions to the minimum age law?
Exceptions as noted in ref C continue in effect, including
apprenticeships and child employment under parental and guardian
supervision in certain activities.
-What is the minimum age for admission to hazardous work, and what
additional provisions has the country enacted regarding children's
involvement in hazardous work?
The prohibition against employment of persons under 18 in hazardous
work remains in effect; there is no new legislation.
- What laws have been promulgated on the worst forms of child labor,
such as forced child labor and trafficking or child prostitution and
pornography?
Law 11,829, approved by President Lula on November 25, 2008, amends
Articles 240 and 241 of the Statute of Children and Adolescents to
criminalize the acquisition, production and possession of child
pornography; increase penalties for child pornography producers who
are public office-holders, relatives, domestic employees, and in
certain other relationships to the victim; and criminalize the sale
and distribution of child pornography. Penalties under Article 240
(producing child pornography) are four to eight years imprisonment
and fine, increased by one third for a public official or anyone
pretending to be one, certain relatives or people living with or
hosting the child. Article 241 (selling or exhibiting child
pornography) carries a penalty of four to eight years imprisonment
and fine. Article 241-A (distribution of child pornography) is
punishable by three to six years imprisonment and fine; Article
241-B (acquisition, possession and storage of child pornography) is
punishable by one to four years imprisonment and fine; Article 241-C
(simulating child pornography by adulteration, montage, etc. of
images) is punishable by one to three years imprisonment and fine;
Article 241-D (enticing, instigating, etc. a child or adolescent to
perform a lewd act) is punishable by one to three years imprisonment
and fine. The new child pornography went from legislative concept
to signed bill in eight months with the help of Mission's Resident
Legal Adviser. President Lula signed the law at the World Congress
III Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Rio
de Janeiro before an international audience of law enforcement and
judiciary professionals and others.
-Please specify what worst forms are prohibited and describe
penalties for violations.
Decree 6.481 of June 12, 2008, established the worst forms of child
labor. (Per ref B, DOL already is familiar with decree 6.481.)
Mission notes that ref C states, "The law establishes that
introducing a child of 14 to 18 years to prostitution is punishable
by imprisonment of 3 to 8 years, and in cases of violence or fraud,
4 to 10 years," sourcing Articles 227-229 of the Brazilian Penal
Code. In addition, Article 244-A of the Statute of Children and
Adolescents can be applied for offenses against persons under the
age of 14, and provides for imprisonment of four to 10 years and
fine for inducing a child or adolescent into prostitution, can be
applied to any owner, manager or person responsible for the place
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where the crime occurred, and also requires the removal of any
operating license for the location. In addition to the penalty
cited in ref C for trafficking in persons that applies to
adolescents from ages 14 to 18, Article 239 of the Statute of
Children and Adolescents, which applies to offenses against anyone
18 and under, provides a penalty of four to six years imprisonment
and fine for removing or helping to remove a child from Brazil
without observing the proper formalities or with a profit-making
purpose; if violence is used, the penalty increases to six to eight
years imprisonment, plus any additional penalty for the violence
employed. Article 241 of the same Statute prohibits pedophilia and
mandates a prison penalty from two to six years plus fine.
-What is the country's minimum age for military recruitment and/or
involvement in armed conflict?
Eighteen years of age.
-If the country has ratified ILO Convention 182 on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor, has it developed a list of occupations considered to
be worst forms of child labor, as called for in article 4 of the
Convention?
Yes, as described above in Decree 6.481.
¶3. B) Regulations for implementation and enforcement of
proscriptions against the worst forms of child labor.
-What legal remedies are available to government agencies that
enforce child labor and worst forms of child labor laws (civil
fines, criminal penalties, court orders), and are they adequate to
punish and deter violations?
Nothing new to report.
-To what extent are violations investigated and addressed?
During 2008 authorities discovered and removed from work 5767
children and adolescents (excluding apprentices), down from 7812 in
¶2007. 299,013 firms were inspected, down from 357,788 in 2007.
Source: www.mte.gov.br (forward slash) fisca_trab (forward slash)
est_resu_fisc_jan_dez_acumulo2008.pdf
Inspections increasingly target informal employment, in part due to
the declining number of children working in the formal sector. The
2007 PNAD states that there was a drop in the number of working
children between the ages of 5 and 15, ages at which work is
illegal, from 2,934,000 in the 2005 PNAD to 2,718,000 in the 2006
PNAD. (2007 PNAD, p. 126). Employers who violate Brazil's child
labor laws are subject to monetary fines, but fines are rarely
applied because inspectors typically negotiate agreements with
employers instead. Labor inspections of children in the workplace
are often driven by complaints brought by workers, teachers, unions,
NGOs, and the media. Inspections of the informal sector are often
difficult to undertake due to the fact that inspectors are unable to
enter private homes and farms, where much of child labor takes
place. In most cases, inspectors attempt to reach agreements and to
have employers desist from labor law violations before levying
fines. As a result, few employers are fined for employing children.
Labor inspectors from the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MLE)
often work closely with prosecutors from the Federal Labor
Prosecutor's Office (Ministerio Publico do Trabalho-MPT), an
independent agency responsible for prosecuting labor infractions.
MPT prosecutors may investigate cases of child labor, bring civil
charges against violators, and levy fines, but cannot bring criminal
prosecutions. The MPT and the Federal Public Ministry, which is
responsible for criminal prosecutions, do not work together closely
or in any systematic way, and thus criminal prosecutions are not
part of Brazil's strategy against child labor. The MPT has a
national commission to fight child labor. The commission includes 50
prosecutors and focuses on strategic areas including sexual
exploitation, apprenticeships, trash collecting by children, and
work in a family setting.
-What level of resources does the government devote to investigating
child labor and worst forms of child labor cases throughout the
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country?
Mission will provide this information by cable in March.
- How many inspectors does the government employ to address child
labor issues?
Mission will provide details from the Ministry of Labor and as soon
as available.
- How many police or other law enforcement officials address worst
forms of child labor issues?
Responsibility for addressing worst forms of child labor is
dispersed among several government ministries and agencies,
including the Ministry of Labor, Public Ministry for Labor, the
Ministry of Justice, and federal and local police. We are unaware
of records that detail the manpower working specifically on child
labor.
- How many child labor investigations have been conducted over the
past year and how many have resulted in fines, penalties, or
convictions?
During 2008 authorities discovered and removed from work 5767
children and adolescents (excluding apprentices), down from 7812 in
¶2007. In 2008, MLE officials inspected 299,013 firms, down from
357,788 in 2007. Mission is not certain why this drop occurred but
several factors could account for it. The MTE Mobile Groups have
given increased priority to inspections of farms in order to free
more victims of forced labor, who tend to be almost all adult males
(UNODC Global Trafficking in Persons Report, 2009, p. 157).
According to Ministry of Labor statistics, during 2008 the Mobile
Groups conducted 154 inspections on 290 farms and freed 5,016 forced
labor workers. In 2007, the MTE conducted 116 inspections on 206
farms and freed 5,999 forced labor workers. This effort could have
reduced inspections of workplaces more likely to use child labor.
Another reason could be an increase in school attendance, probably
attributable to the Bolsa Familia program. According to the 2007
PNAD, the percentage of children aged 4-6 attending pre-school or
school has increased in recent years. School attendance is now
nearly universal throughout Brazil. Also, school attendance at all
ages is strongly correlated to family income (2007 PNAD, pp.
123-124), which has been rising in Brazil.
With regard to fines, penalties and convictions, it is currently
very difficult to gather this information because resources are
dispersed throughout several parts of the federal government. Post
will continue to try to gather, consolidate and provide information
as available. We do not expect complete data ever to be available.
- How many investigations into worst forms of child labor violations
have been conducted over the past year and how many have resulted in
prosecutions and convictions?
According to MLE statistics, the MLE conducted 986 inspections
directly related to child labor in the reporting period. Mission
will provide prosecutions and convictions data soon.
-Has the government provided awareness-raising and/or training
activities for officials charged with enforcing child labor laws or
worst forms of child labor laws?
The Brazilian government continues to conduct seminars and training
program for law enforcement and judicial staff who address child
labor, trafficking in persons, sex tourism, forced labor, and worst
forms of child labor. For example, in November 2008 the government
of Brazil conducted a training seminar on trafficking in persons in
Brasilia for an audience of 200, including Federal Police agents,
Federal Highway Police, and others. It included the participation
of specialists from Italy, the Netherlands, Argentina, and Spain.
The Ninosul program, noted in ref C, continues, and Brazil plays a
leading role. Mission's Resident Legal Adviser organized a training
seminar in Espirito Santo state on combating child pornography
immediately after President Lula signed the new child pornography
law last November. Four hundred law enforcement agents, judges and
prosecutors received information about the new law. The seminar
ensured that all parts of the justice sector were ready, able and
BRASILIA 00000231 004 OF 005
willing to enforce the new law. Speakers included the chairman of
the Brazilian Senate investigative committee on child pornography
and officials from the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice.
¶4. C) Whether there are social programs specifically designed to
prevent and withdraw children from the worst forms of child labor.
-What initiatives has the government supported to prevent children
from entering exploitive work situations, to withdraw children
engaged in such labor, and to advocate on behalf of children
involved in such employment and their families?
Under the PRONASCI (National Program for Public Security with
Citizenship) initiative, a broad program launched in August 2007 to
reduce crime, protect at-risk populations, better integrate
marginalized groups, improve police and judicial services, and take
other steps (94 actions in all), young children and adolescents,
including street children, receive vocational training, educational,
sports and recreational opportunities, and other types of
assistance, including a cash stipend of R$100 (USD 40) a month for a
year while they are in the Protejo ("I protect") program. As of
February 2009, PRONASCI had been introduced in the Federal District
and 19 of Brazil's 26 states, including those with the largest
populations, highest crime rates and worst poverty such as Rio de
Janeiro, Pernambuco, Maranhao, Sao Paulo, Bahia, and others.
PRONASCI's overall budget (2007-2012) is projected at R$ 6.707
billion (about USD 2.8 billion). According to Ministry of Justice
estimates, various PRONASCI programs should reach 425,000 youths
between the ages of 15 and 29.
In mid-2006, the Federal Highway Police instituted an intensive
training program in an effort to combat internal trafficking of
persons more effectively. During 2007, Federal Highway Patrol
Officers in the cities of Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Natal, Belem,
Teresina, Vitoria, Parana, Boa Vista, Sao Luis, Manaus, Maceio, and
Macapa participated in anti-TIP training. Class sizes of 60-95
officers ranking from junior patrolmen to senior inspectors
participated in the two-day courses. This training continued in
2008, and Federal Police and U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement personnel conducted joint training, including
trafficking in persons, in 2008.
¶5. D) Does the country have a comprehensive policy or national
program of action on child labor or specific forms of child labor?
Brazil's program of action on child labor continues to be the PETI,
as described in ref C.
- Does the country incorporate child labor specifically as an issue
to be addressed in poverty reduction, development, educational or
other social policies or programs, such as Poverty Reduction
Strategy Papers, etc?
Yes, under the PETI, and less directly under PRONASCI, which
includes vocational training to prepare young people to enter the
formal economy, as well as the Bolsa Familia (Family Stipend)
program, as described in ref C. Other government social programs
such as Luz Para Todos (Light for all, an electrification program)
and Inclusao Digital (Digital Inclusion) contribute to child
development in marginalized and rural areas by making possible night
classes, evening sporting events, and making the Internet, computers
and computer training accessible to poor families.
- If so, to what degree has the country implemented the policy
and/or program of action and achieved its goals and objectives?
Information to be provided.
-Is education free in law and in practice? Is education compulsory
in law and in practice?
Yes. In some isolated areas access can be difficult and as a result
some children do not attend or attend partially.
¶6. E) Is the country making continual progress toward eliminating
the worst forms of child labor?
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Yes, through its anti-trafficking in persons efforts, its Mobile
Groups to combat forced labor, and social programs such as Bolsa
Familia, the PRONASCI Protejo program, and others.
- What are the specific sectors/work activities/goods in which
children work and how has this changed over the past year? Please
note where possible any relevant characteristics about the children
involved including gender, ethnic group, religion, age, etc.
On sectors/work activities/goods: There is no change from
information presented last year in ref C.
Relevant characteristics remain unchanged. The source cited in ref
C, Mapa de indicativos do trabalho da crianca e do adolescente
(2005), is still the latest publication on the subject available
from the Ministry of Labor.
SOBEL