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Fact Check Response: What does the UN-linked report actually say about children and consent?

Bettina di Fiore | LiveAction — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 21:17:05 +0000

The AP recently issued a fact check alleging that various outlets have misrepresented information presented in a recent reportknown as the 8 March Principles written by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), endorsed by members affiliated with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, and launched on Wednesday, March 8 at a side event to the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Quoting a statement made by the ICJ on Thursday, the AP writes: “The 8 March Principles do not call for the decriminalization of sex with children, nor do they call for the abolition of a domestically prescribed minimum age of consent to sex.”

Also responding to media attention given to this report, the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General stated at a press briefing (emphasis added):

I want to read something on behalf of our colleagues at the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), because there has been a lot of — how to say — malicious misreporting on a recent report on the age of legal consent. And I can tell you that the report released by the International Commission of Jurists in March has recently been misrepresented on a number of websites. It did not call for the decriminalization of sex with children, nor did it call for the abolition of the age of consent. The International Commission of Jurists report set out legal principles to guide the application of the international human rights law to criminal law across a range of issues. In the application of law, it is recognized that criminal sanctions are not appropriate against adolescents of similar ages for consensual non-exploitative sexual activity.

Similarly, Christine Stegling, UNAIDS deputy executive director for policy, advocacy and knowledge, said in a statement to the AP: “In the application of law, it is recognized that criminal sanctions are not appropriate against adolescents of similar ages for consensual non-exploitative sexual activity.”

These comments are inadequate to assuage concerns surrounding this document.

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Source: https://www.liveaction.org/news/fact-check-response-report-children-consent/

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‘Catholic Church Fosters Culture Of Abuse, Cover Up’: The Pope

Telesur — Thu, 31 May 2018 10:06:28 +0000

Pope Francis said that to overcome the culture of abuse requires a unified effort by both church and congregation. | Photo: Reuters

“It’s shameful, I must say, that we didn’t know how to listen or respond in time,” Pope Francis said, admitting he personally failed the victims.

The Catholic church fosters a “culture of abuse and cover-up,” Pope Francis acknowledged in a letter to Chilean sexual abuse victims on Thursday.

“The ‘never again’ to the culture of abuse, as well as the system of cover-ups that allow it to perpetuate, requires working together to generate a culture of care that permeates our ways of understanding,” the pope wrote in the eight-page letter.

With yet another session for victims scheduled at the Vatican, the pope asked for forgiveness for previously failing to defend victims amid attempts by both clergy and the public to discredit them.

Pope Francis also criticized Irish bishops who, in 2010, “inadequately” responded to sexual abuse claims.

A lack of consideration for victims is one of the church’s biggest failures, the pope said, admitting it led to “partial” judicial processes and thus allowed clergy members to avoid punishment.

“It’s shameful, I must say, that we didn’t know how to listen or respond in time,” Pope Francis said, thanking the victims for their “valiant perseverance” towards justice.

Finally, the pope confirmed travel plans for Bishops Charles Scicluna and Jordi Bertomeu, who are being sent to Osorno. The parish was once the domain of now-disgraced Bishop Juan Barros, who the Vatican found guilty of covering-up abuse committed by his mentor, Father Fernando Karadima.

Osorno Spokesman Juan Carlos Claret said the impending visit is the “least we could hope for,” considering the pains the congregation endured while Barros was being promoted, despite protests.

The pope recently apologized for his “grave error in judgment” regarding the cover-up, which he attributed to the “lack of truthful and balanced information.”

Source: https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Catholic-Church-Fosters-Culture-Of-Abuse-Cover-Up-The-Pope-20180531-0028.html

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