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psychoactive substances. Unfortunately this programme has become almost inactive,
in spite of a pre-set budget; and
Responsibility for Defensoría del Niño y el Adolescente (Children’s and Adolescents’
Ombudsman), a public service organization which is accountable for the promotion
and defence of the rights of children and adolescents, especially at the legislative
level. One of its main focuses is the right to education of child domestic workers.
b. Ministry of Tourism
Operates two prevention programmes against the commercial sexual exploitation of
children in the tourism industry.
c. Ministry of Internal Affairs
Executes the Colibri police programme which benefits working children.
d. Ministry of Labour and Job Promotion
Responsible for the Office of Child Protection and Job Security and the Sub-Office of
Protection to the Minor at Work. The Sub-Office is in charge of granting work
authorization and guidance for adolescents wanting to work. They also carry out
awareness-raising activities regarding child labour; and
Presides over the National Committee for the Prevention and Eradication of Child
Labour (CEPTI) which is in charge of the development of the National Plan of
Prevention and Eradication of Child Labour.
e. Ministry of Health
Runs programmes aimed at the prevention of child labour; and
Improves the access of child domestic workers to health services.
f. Public Ministry
Operates programmes concerning the National Plan for the Prevention and
Eradication of Child Labour;
Run campaigns on children’s rights at health-care and education centres;
Carries out inspections with the aim of enforcing child labour laws at factories,
companies and within the informal sector;
Responsible for the registration of working children; and
Responsible for programmes that aim to prevent the commercial sexual exploitation
of children in bars and clubs
The local level governments, by contrast, have very few programmes aimed at working children. The
Provincial Municipality of Metropolitan Lima has developed a pilot project called Municipal Network
Focused on Care and Protection of Working Rights of Boys, Girls and Teenagers (REFONATS) in
Cercado de Lima. This project is led by an array of offices and programmes in this municipality, in
alliance with public and private institutions. It is mainly aimed at providing care for children and
teenagers working on the street or as maids in the centre of the city. In 2008, REFONATS combined
forces with CPETI and formed the Regional Office of Prevention and Eradication of Child Labour.
The district municipalities of Comas, Villa María del Triunfo and Santa Anita in Lima and Ventanilla
in Callaof, have approved and carried out Promotion and Protection of Rights of Working Boys, Girls
and Teenagers’ projects, focusing in areas with high rates of harmful child labour (Ministerio de
Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo, 2008).
A Code of Conduct for the protection of girls, boys and adolescents against sexual exploitation in
tourism and travel is being promoted by the government and UNICEF through the National Tourism
Directorate. The focus areas are Madre de Dios, Iquitos, Cusco, Lima, Trujillo and Arequipa. 209 This
code of conduct is aimed at encouraging the tourism sector to play an active role in the protection of
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Jose Soto Lazo (Ministry of Tourism)
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