Movimiento Para el Autodesarrollo Internacional de la Solidaridad (MAIS) is a non-profit organization, founded in 1998 in Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic. It works with youth in especially difficult circumstances, as well as with their families. The primary objectives of MAIS are to help the children stay in school; provide dignity in the lives of children; and prevent the abuse and mistreatment of children, as well as child prostitution. MAIS also works with regional and national institutions to raise awareness about the sexual exploitation of children and to disseminate information about legislation that protects children.
Contact: Luis Méndez
Phone: +1 809 2613963, +1 809 520635
Address: Urbanizacion la Limonera 3#3, Puerto Plata, Seccional Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Email: mais_ecpat@hotmail.com
Website: n/a
In the Dominican Republic, there are two types of exploitation of children in prostitution: the traditional type that takes place in indoor establishments, such as brothels, and the new form that involves boys and girls working independently on an occasional basis and mainly in tourist areas.
Large numbers of Dominican children are reportedly subjected to trafficking for sexual purposes throughout the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, Europe, South and Central America, the Middle East, Asia, and the United States.
Year: 2022
Year: 2022
Year: 2022
Year: 2019
Year: 2019
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The country does not have adequate extraterritoriality rules, nor does it plan to include them in its new Penal Code (pending approval). Active and passive extraterritorial jurisdiction is not regulated, and the exercise of universal jurisdiction is limited to some international crimes (genocide, war crimes or crimes against humanity) that do not include the sexual exploitation of children.
Extradition is regulated by the Constitution, the rules of treaties, and agreements and it is governed by the principle of reciprocity, the principle of dual criminality and the principle of severity of the punishment as the offence has to be punishable with at least one year of imprisonment in both states to be extraditable. The extradition of Dominican nationals is limited to offences contained in bilateral treaties or a list of offences contained in Article 4 of the Law on Extradition, and the extradition of foreigners is limited to the list contained in Article 8 of the Law on Extradition, unless otherwise provided in an international treaty. Only some SEC related offences are included as extraditable offences in those provisions.
Criminal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Law on Extradition, 2007, 2007, 1969
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