Swedish courts are wrong in how they've interpreted recently beefed up sex crime laws, needlessly turning consenting, love-struck teens into potential criminals, according Thomas Bodström, the ex-minister who oversaw the 2005 legislation.
PROPOSALS ON the age of consent will be brought before the Cabinet shortly in the context of Bills updating the law on sexual offences, Minister for Justice Alan Shatter said last night.
"No one wants to see children and young people sexually exploited. Youth, law enforcement officials, lawmakers and the public agree that all forms of sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation of children are unacceptable. There is, however, no such agreement on how best to protect children from sexual predators or how to balance protection with age-appropriate freedom for consensual activity between peers. The focus of disagreement has centered on Canada’s age of sexual consent law. "