Senate passes bill to help child porn victims recover damages

“It also allows convicted criminals who victimized the same person to sue each other in order to spread the burden around.”

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Spain set to raise age of consent from 13 to 15

“The Spanish government is considering raising the age of sexual consent from 13 to 15 in a reform of the country’s penal code, in a bid to limit child sexual abuse.”

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Monitoring of sex offenders by home visits does not breach human rights – Court of Appeal

“The law governing the monitoring of sex offenders, allowing police officers to visit the homes of registered offenders, did not constitute an unlawful interference with the offenders’ privacy rights under Article 8 of the ECHR.”

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New law will prevent paedophiles soliciting pictures from children

“A new criminal offence of sexual communication with a child is to be created to close a loophole in the law.”

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Germany toughens child pornography laws

“Anyone who takes photos of naked children or young people for sale or exchange will be liable to prosecution, according to the law. In addition, the possession of images and videos showing minors ‘in unnatural, sexually-suggestive postures’ is also to be deemed criminal.”

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‘Improper photography’ law thrown out

“A [Texas] law banning ‘improper photography’ in public is no longer valid. The state’s highest criminal court threw out the law as a violation of free-speech rights. Essentially, giving anyone the right to take photos of you and your children in public without your consent.”

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New bill a ‘powerful tool to imprison sex offenders’

“The action, Missouri Evidence in Sexual Crimes Against Minors or Amendment 2, would allow prosecutors who are trying a case against an alleged child sex offender to use relevant past [alleged] criminal activity as evidence against the defendants.”

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Whitehall study wanted age of consent lowered to 14 and sentences for sex cut

“Home Office advisers argued that the age of consent be lowered from 16 to 14 and called for a dramatic reduction in statutory punishments for ‘consensual’ sex with girls as young as 12, according to an internal 1979 research study obtained by the Guardian.”

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Cyprus gets tough on sex offenders as House passes new law

“The legislation stipulates far stricter jail sentences and fines for child sexual abusers, ranging from 25 years to life imprisonment… The bill also provides for a sex offenders’ registry that will be part of a larger EU network.”

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Japan finally gets law banning possession of child porn images

“The Diet voted Wednesday to outlaw possession of child pornography after years of international calls for a crackdown, but the change won’t impact sexually explicit manga and anime depicting young children.”

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