Protection of Minors in UK Law
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Trends of age of consent legislation in Europe
Over the past few decades, many national jurisdictions on the European continent have revised their age of consent legislation. A comparison of the age of consent laws of 59 jurisdictions in 2004 a...... ... –signals that nowadays much greater emphasis is placed on the protection of children againstnegative and premature sexual experiences. This ... Thisacknowledgement of the need for increased protection of minors in relationships characterized bya power imbalance deserves following by ... ...
- I Book Review: Unaccompanied Minors. Rights and Protection
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The Use of Alternative Regulatory Instruments to Protect Minors in the Digital Era: Applying Freedom of Expression Safeguards
Since the mid-1990s, it has become increasingly clear that legislation, used to protect minors against harmful content in traditional media, is not suitable to regulate the drastically transformed ...... ... freedom of ex pression and aims to asse ss with which freedom of expression safeguards the ARIs must comply in order to guarantee the protection that this right entails. To achieve this, the article examines, on the one hand, the applicability of Article 10 ECHR with respect to ARIs, and, on ... ...
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Lampedusa humanitarian emergency in 2011: the case of unaccompanied migrant minors
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to highlight the situation on the unaccompanied foreign minors in the Italian legal system, paying special attention to the Lampedusa humanitarian emergency in...... ... – The legal treatment of these subjects is on the borderlinebetween two distinct sets of laws: those for minors, based on principles of protection and support; andthose for immigrants based on public security and therefore inspired by principles of controland defense. For this reason the ... ...
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Child trafficking victims and legal guardians: Exploring the fulfilment of the EU trafficking directive in the context of the UK modern Slavery Act 2015 – Best practice or not fit for purpose?
Child victims of trafficking are recognized as particularly vulnerable victims, who require additional protection and support and a more rigorous legal framework. The regional anti-trafficking inst...... ... as particularly vulnerable victims, who require additional protection and support and a more rigorous le gal framework. The regional ... in England and Wales in recent years, with record number of minors referred to the National Referral Mechanism in 2016. Running parallel to ... ...
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Data protection, anonymity and courts
... ... 18. Ranging from interests such as the protection of minors or other vulnerable persons and their identity to the protection of business secrets and professional reputation, with the protection of the latter ... ...
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Protection and Assistance to Victims of Human Trafficking in Serbia: Recent Developments
The paper reviews recent developments in the system of protection, assistance and support of victims of human trafficking in Serbia. The establishment of the Agency for Co-ordination of Protection ...... ... Hearings involving minors must be carried out with precautions that will prevent adverse effects on their psychological condition; and, if appropriate, hearings involving ... ...
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The Internet and the First Amendment
... ... intellectual property rights, making pornography available to minors, disseminating hate speech, or defrauding or misleading others. The ... of ‘obscenity’ — are afforded no constitutional protection whatsoever. 5 Other types of communication, such as advertising, can be ... ...
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Not Such a Neat Net: Some Comments on Virtual Criminality
... ... the income of the author of an audio- visual project or to the protection of an individual’s rights, but also – and above all – when surfing ... in the European Parliament, the ‘Green Book on the Protection of Minors and Human Dignity in Audio-visual and News Services’, and the ‘Report ... ...
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Prevention of Juvenile Crime
... ... services of the sociological clinics, Depart- ments for the Protection and Vigilance of Infants, pedagogic and psychiatric clinics, ... main plank of action, the General Council for the Protection of Minors was created. This body has already accomplished much under the ... ...
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