by Kimberly Ann Priest
CUSA Release — Global SOL Task Force (5)
CUSA Updated Press Release — Global SOL Task Force (Spanish Translation) Final
One Thing That Governments Must Do to Prevent Child Sex Abuse and Exploitation: To Mark the First World Day for the Prevention of, and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Violence
We are here today on this first World Day for the Prevention of, and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Violence, united by our shared passion to save the world’s children from sex abuse and exploitation.
Latin America Report Card (1)
Brazil
Brazil CHILD SEX ABUSE SOLs CURRENT CIVIL SOL Current Criminal SOL Crimes Custodial Sentence SOL *1 Rape & Sexual abuse *2 Basic type: Sexual Penetration OR other lewd act AND using violence & force or serious threat Aggravated type Child >14yo < 18yo or causing serious...
The United States Must Build on the Decline in Child Poverty and Join the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
Child Trends recently released a study finding that, between 1993 and 2019—a span of only 26 years—the number of children living in poverty in the United States was reduced by more than half (59% to be exact).
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic CHILD SEX ABUSE SOLs Current Criminal SOL Crimes Custodial Sentence SOL *1 Rape *2 Sexual penetration AND using violence, constraint, threat or surprise 10 up to 15 years custodial sentence 10 years from commission of crime. No criminal SOL beyond victim reaches...
Cuba
CUBA CHILD SEX ABUSE SOLs Current Criminal SOL Crimes Custodial Sentence SOL *1 Rape *2 7 to 15 years custodial sentence. 25 years --- Tolling (suspension) of SOL Interruption if the perpetrator, in the course of the statute of limitations, commits a new crime. Aggravated rape *3 8...