SWB105 Report: Human Rights Violation and Cybersex in Philippines

This report provides a critical analysis of human rights violations in the Philippines, specifically focusing on the exploitation of impoverished children through cybersex. It examines the role of Australian pedophiles accessing the Dark Web to engage in these activities, highlighting the link between poverty and human trafficking. The report delves into the background of the Philippines, the nature of cybersex, and the reasons behind these violations. It includes relevant declarations, conventions, covenants, treaties, and domestic laws such as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003. The conclusion summarizes the findings, and the report offers key recommendations for addressing these issues, including strengthening the Philippine economy, limiting the adverse use of the internet, promoting awareness of human rights, and implementing a robust legal system with strict penalties. The report aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the issue and suggest actionable steps towards protecting vulnerable children and upholding human rights.

Cover Page
Title: SWB105 Individual Report

Table of Contents
Contents
1.1 Introduction.....................................................................................................................................3
2. Background/context behind your human right violation...................................................................4
2.1 Background to chosen country...................................................................................................4
2.2 The violation and reasons for why this violation occurs.............................................................4
2.1.1 1st reason/example.................................................................................................................5
2.2.2 2nd reason/example................................................................................................................5
2.3 Inclusion of Declartions/Conventions/Convenants/Treaties relevant to your topic........................5
2.3.1 Declaration of Human Rights 1948..........................................................................................6
2.3.2 Treaty ......................................................................................................................................6
2.4 Inclusion of domestic laws relevant to your topic...........................................................................6
2.4.1 Discussion of 1st relevant law..................................................................................................6
2.4.2 Discussion of 2nd relevant law................................................................................................6
3. Conclusion.........................................................................................................................................7
4. Key recommendations.......................................................................................................................7
4.1 Recommendation 1.....................................................................................................................7
4.2 Recommendation 2.....................................................................................................................7
4.3 Recommendation 3.....................................................................................................................7
4.4 Recommendation 4.....................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................9

1.1 Introduction
Human rights are the creation of legislation which are inherent by all the individuals.
Every person is entitled to such rights irrespective of race, sex, nationality, language, religion
or status. These should not be violated in any case as it work as protection for the people
living in the society. This report will provide critical analysis of factual and evidence-based
research to argue the contemporary human rights violation of Australian’s pedophiles
exploiting child of poverty in Philippines for cybersex through accessing the Dark Web.
-Topic words
Violation of Human Rights as a result of pedophiles exploiting child of poverty in
Philippines.
- Limiting words or scope
The research is about cybersex which is being exploited by Australians pedophiles.
The main focus is on the children who are belong to poor families in Philippines. The

relations of human rights with these two elements have been shown in the report on the basis
of evidence collected for this purpose. Furthermore, recommendations have been provided
for providing ways in which these can be minimized.
- Directive words
The data in this report has been gathered by analyzing them critically. This has helped
in understanding the whole matter in an extensive way. Furthermore, factual information are
also included in this for providing a backup for all the data covered in this.
2. Background/context behind your human right violation
Human rights are the standards which regulate human behavior in order to provide
protection to them by giving them natural and legal rights. In the other words, these are the
fundamental rights which a person inherit by birth and cannot be denied of using them. The
main context behind the violation is the encouragement of poor children being engaged in
cybersex in exchange of money. The other aspects for the same can be human trafficking
which involves buying and selling of children from the poor families. This result in violation
of human rights.
2.1 Background to chosen country
The country chosen for this purpose is Philippines, which is known as Republic of the
Philippines and is a part of Southeast Asia. The economic conditions of the nation is not
strong as compared to other countries. The level of poverty is because of lack of employment
for the people living in the country. It often leads human trafficking which push the children
in pornography. The internet is used widely for watching the videos uploaded on websites.
This is a way of earning for fulfilling the demands and needs and lead a healthy life.
According to the reports provided by the government of Philippines, it is provided that about
21.6 percentage of the population lives below the national poverty line as the year 2015.
Also, it has been ranked below 120 the index measuring the poverty
2.2 The violation and reasons for why this violation occurs
The main reason for the violations is the pushing the poor little kids into a profession
from which they are completely unaware. Cybersex refers to kind of interactive erotic
experience which involves two or more participants having real-time sexual exchanges online
with the purpose of sexual arousal and stimulation. Philippines is a country with increased
poverty therefore, the family sell their children particularly girl child into the professional of
prostitution and pornography. Also, some of them are kidnapped and smuggled overseas.

This results in violation of human rights as the children are forced to be there in videos and
smuggled against their wish. Therefore, it is absolute breach of human rights. By exploring
such things, the users give encouragement to cybersex leading to increase in demand due to
which more children are smuggled into this trap ruining their childhood and fundamental
rights.
2.1.1 1st reason/example
For instance, if a girl child is being kidnapped by the middleman for making
pornography videos with a view to sold them for making profit. This is a profession in which
kids are pushed. In the past few years, these activities have been increased with the increase
in demand. There are many countries in which government has banned such videos in order
to protect them from trafficking. Sexual exploitation of the children is a global problem
which make them victim of such incidents. From a very tender age, they lose their basic
rights such as right to education, right to enjoy life etc. Every personal engaged in these fall
in the category of criminal offense such as child abuse, child sexual abuse, child exploitation
material etc. Human trafficking means violation of human rights which result in losing right
to life, to liberty and security, the freedom of association and movement and so on.
2.2.2 2nd reason/example
The another reason being spoiling the lives of the children as well as their families.
The dark web displays videos and content related to sexual exploitation can take affect the
social perception of the people living in the society in an adverse manner. The psychology of
the individuals living in Australia and other parts of the world get transformed through
cybersex. There has been number of incidents of rapes and similar activities and on
investigation, it has been found that these kind of thoughts are the outcome of watching porn
videos. Therefore, the victim as well as accuse face violation of the human rights.
2.3 Inclusion of Declartions/Conventions/Convenants/Treaties relevant to your topic
There is an international convention on human rights. These are formulated under
international law and makes it compulsory for every individual to to respect, protect and
fulfill them. United Nations has developed a body of binding conventions for universal
declaration of human Rights. In the past, many conventions have happened focusing on racial
discrimination, discrimination against women, torture and most importantly the rights of the
child. These are applicable throughout the world irrespective of the Nations or gender,
nationality, religion etc.

Human trafficking has been defined as a violation of human rights for which number of
treaties, declarations, conventions and many other gatherings at national and international
level have happened.
2.3.1 Declaration of Human Rights 1948
According to this declaration, there are common standard which should be achieved by the
people living in a country. Every part of the society should keep the declaration in the mind
and there should be proper education and promotion for the human rights and freedoms.
Every person is born free and equal in dignity and rights and should work towards
brotherhood. There are different rights which should not be denied to any person for any
reason.
2.3.2 Treaty
By considering the situation that has caused to the poor people of Philippines, such as
exploitation of children for making videos which are uploaded on various websites. It is
known as cyber sex. The trafficking involved in this is violation of human dignity with shells
human right. It is a business for earning profit however this constitutes crime. Therefore,
treaty has been signed between Australia and Philippines to prevent such activities.
2.4 Inclusion of domestic laws relevant to your topic
Laws are the parts of a legal system which are implemented with a view to protect people
living in the society against any wrongdoings. It is very important to have a legal backup for
everything. There are serious punishments and penalties for those people engaged in
cybersex, human trafficking and prostitution. Some of the related laws have been discussed
below:
2.4.1 Discussion of 1st relevant law
Cybercrime Prevention act of 2012 was passed by Philippine republic on September 12,
2012. It aims to address legal issues related to online interactions. The definition of Cyber sex
has been provided as willful engagement, maintenance, control our operation involving
exhibition of sexual organs or sexual activity with the help of a computer system for favour
or consideration. It provides imprisonment for a minimum period of 6 years which can extend
to 12 years or a fine of at least two hundred thousand pesos up to 1 million pesos. In some
cases both of these can also be imposed. It defines pornography and prostitution in detail
which should be kept in mind.
2.4.2 Discussion of 2nd relevant law

Anti trafficking in persons act 2003 is a consolidated form of two bills which was passed by
the president of Philippines on 26th May 2003. It provides policies to eliminate and punish
human trafficking particularly women and children. Also, Edward mechanism and systems
have been developed for protection and support of trafficked persons. It promotes human
dignity, protect the people from any threat of violence and exploitation and reduces pressures
for or involuntary migration.
3. Conclusion
From the above report, it has been concluded that cyber sex is an outcome of advanced
technology. There has been many cases of human trafficking in which children from poor
families of Philippines are smuggled from one country to another. The other being sexual
exploitation by Australian and people from other countries. Many conventions, treaties, and
gatherings at international level happened in the past to discuss the ways by which such
activities can be prevented in all the countries. Also most of the Nations have laws for
stopping sharing of such videos online. These are the breach of human Rights available to
every individual.
4. Key recommendations
4.1 Recommendation 1
The first recommendation is about making the economy of Philippines strong enough to raise
the per capita income and standard of living of the people. The should be policies for
bringing the poor people out of the poverty. This can be achieved through adequate number
of employment. If majority of people living in Philippines start earning, then they can fulfill
their needs and demands without getting into to Cyber sex or similar activities.
4.2 Recommendation 2
One of the major factors is use of internet. It is good to be technological advanced but the
adverse use should be avoided or limited. The exchange of pornography through online
website is is a trap as well as designs for some person who to use children for earning more
money. Therefore, the use of internet should be limited and all the videos in which children
are involved should be banned from everywhere. Also, proper education and awareness
should be given to each individual in order to understand the human rights.
4.3 Recommendation 3

Every person has fundamental rights which should be used whenever possible. No one has
the authority to deny such rights to any other person. When an individual or group of
individuals get involved in sex related activities such as human trafficking, it is assumed that
human rights have been violated. Every human being should be made aware about the worth
of having human rights. Also, there must be seminars, meetings etc. For engaging people to
understand the life of of the children who are involved in cybersex. This can prevent adverse
incident not only in this line but also so help others in maintaining a healthy mind set reading
to mitigation of rape cases.
4.4 Recommendation 4
There should be effective legal system comprising laws which are strong enough to prevent
human trafficking, child sexual exploitation, cybersex and many more practices. the
effectiveness of each statue should be evaluated on the basis of their contribution and past
cases. This can help in making changes in the current legislation. Also the punishment should
be e upgraded it to a higher level by making it even more strict. This is useful in providing a
legal backup and fear among the people so that wrongdoings can be prevented.

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