Crimes against sexual integrity

The lower chamber approved and turned into law a draft bill that amends the Criminal Code.

The new law extends crime prescription terms in those cases affecting minors’ sexual integrity.

The bill that had already been approved by the Senate was unanimously voted by the lower chamber and is based on the proposals submitted by fashion designer Roberto Piazza and other associations which protect children and adolescents’ rights.

The amendment establishes that “when the victim of sexual integrity violations is a minor, the prescription term for the legal action against such crime will be counted as from the moment the person becomes of age.

Therefore, if the crime was committed when the child was 10, the prescription term will start only when that child becomes eighteen.