sou · GYB371 · 2010-10-27 00:00:00 — 2Each Party shall ensure that victims have access, as from their first contact with the competent authorities, to information on relevant judicial and administrative proceedings. 3Each Party shall ensure that victims have access, provided free of charge where warranted, to legal aid when it is possible for them to have the status of parties to criminal proceedings. 4Each Party shall provide for the possibility for the judicial autho- rities to appoint a special representative for the victim when, by internal law, he or she may have the status of a party to the criminal proceedings and where the holders of parental responsi- bility are precluded from representing the child in such pro- ceedings as a result of a conflict of interest between them and the victim. 5Each Party shall provide, by means of legislative or other measures, in accordance with the conditions provided for by its internal law, the possibility for groups, foundations, associa- tions or governmental or non-governmental organisations, to assist and/or support the victims with their consent during crimi- nal proceedings concerning the offences established in accordance with this Convention. 6Each Party shall ensure that the information given to victims in conformity with the provisions of this article is provided in a adapted to their age and maturity and in a language that they can understand. Article 32 – Initiation of proceedings Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that investigations or prosecution of offences established in accordance with this Convention shall not be dependent upon the report or accusation made by a victim, and that the proceedings may continue even if the victim has withdrawn his or her state- ments. Article 33 – Statute of limitation Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the statute of limitation for initiating proceedings with regard to the offences established in accordance with Articles 18, 19, paragraph 1.a and b, and 21, paragraph 1.a and b, shall continue for a period of time sufficient to allow the efficient starting of proceedings after the victim has reached the age of majority and which is commensurate with the gravity of the crime in question. Article 34 – Investigations 1Each Party shall adopt such measures as may be necessary to ensure that persons, units or services in charge of investigations are specialised in the field of combating sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children or that persons are trained for this purpose. Such units or services shall have adequate financial re- sources. 2Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that uncertainty as to the actual age of the victim shall not prevent the initiation of criminal investigations. Article 35 – Interviews with the child 1Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that: ainterviews with the child take place without unjustified delay after the facts have been reported to the competent autho- rities; binterviews with the child take place, where necessary, in premises designed or adapted for this purpose; cinterviews with the child are carried out by professionals trained for this purpose; dthe same persons, if possible and where appropriate, con- duct all interviews with the child; ethe number of interviews is as limited as possible and in so far as strictly necessary for the purpose of criminal pro- ceedings; fthe child may be accompanied by his or her legal repre- sentative or, where appropriate, an adult of his or her choice, unless a reasoned decision has been made to the contrary in respect of that person. 2Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that all interviews with the victim or, where appro- priate, those with a child witness, may be videotaped and that these videotaped interviews may be accepted as evidence during the court proceedings, according to the rules provided by its internal law. 3When the age of the victim is uncertain and there are reasons to believe that the victim is a child, the measures established in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be applied pending verification of his or her age. Article 36 – Criminal court proceedings 1Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures, with due respect for the rules governing the autonomy of legal professions, to ensure that training on childrens rights and sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children is available for the benefit of all persons involved in the proceedings, in parti- cular judges, prosecutors and lawyers. 2Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure, according to the rules provided by its internal law, that: athe judge may order the hearing to take place without the presence of the public; bthe victim may be heard in the courtroom without being present, notably through the use of appropriate communi- cation technologies. Chapter VIII – Recording and storing of data Article 37 – Recording and storing of national data on convicted sexual offenders 1For the purposes of prevention and prosecution of the offences established in accordance with this Convention, each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to collect and store, in accordance with the relevant provisions on the protec- tion of personal data and other appropriate rules and guarantees as prescribed by domestic law, data relating to the identity and to the genetic profile (DNA) of persons convicted of the offences established in accordance with this Convention. 2Each Party shall, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, com- municate to the Secretary General of the name and address of a single national authority in charge for the purposes of paragraph 1. 3Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the information referred to in paragraph 1 can be transmitted to the competent authority of another Party, in con- formity with the conditions established in its internal law and the relevant international instruments. Chapter IX – International co-operation Article 38 – General principles and measures for international co-operation 1The Parties shall co-operate with each other, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention, and through the application of relevant applicable international and regional instruments, arrangements agreed on the basis of uniform or reciprocal legislation and internal laws, to the widest extent possible, for the purpose of: apreventing and combating sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children; bprotecting and providing assistance to victims; cinvestigations or proceedings concerning the offences established in accordance with this Convention. 2Each Party shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that victims of an offence established in accordance with this Convention in the territory of a Party other than the one where they reside may make a complaint before the compe- tent authorities of their State of . 3If a Party that makes mutual legal assistance in criminal matters or extradition conditional on the existence of a treaty receives a request for legal assistance or extradition from a Party with which it has not concluded such a treaty, it may consider this Convention the legal basis for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters or extradition in respect of the offences established in accordance with this Convention. 4Each Party shall endeavour to integrate, where appropriate, pre- vention and the fight against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children in assistance programmes for development provided for the benefit of third states. Chapter X – Monitoring mechanism 1The shall be composed of represen- tatives of the Parties to the Convention. 2The shall be convened by the Secre- tary General of . Its first meeting shall be held within a period of one year following the entry into force of this Convention for the tenth signatory having ratified it. It shall subsequently meet whenever at least one third of the Parties or the Secretary General so requests. 3The shall adopt its own rules of pro- cedure. Article 40 – Other representatives 1The Parliamentary Assembly of , the Commissioner for Human Rights, (), as well as other relevant intergovernmental committees, shall each appoint a repre- sentative to . 2The may invite other bodies to appoint a representative to after consulting the latter. 3Representatives of civil society, and in particular non-govern- mental organisations, may be admitted as to the Com- mittee of the Parties following the procedure established by the relevant rules of . 4Representatives appointed under paragraphs 1 to 3 above shall participate in meetings of without the right to vote. Article 41 – Functions of 1The shall monitor the implementation of this Convention. The rules of procedure of shall determine the procedure for evaluating the implementation of this Convention. 2The shall facilitate the collection, ana- lysis and exchange of information, experience and good practice between States to improve their capacity to prevent and combat sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children. 3The shall also, where appropriate: afacilitate the effective use and implementation of this Con- vention, including the identification of any problems and the effects of any declaration or reservation made under this Convention; bexpress an opinion on any question concerning the appli- cation of this Convention and facilitate the exchange of information on significant legal, policy or technological developments. 4The shall be assisted by the Secretariat of in carrying out its functions pursuant to this article. 5The () shall be kept periodically informed regarding the activities mentioned in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this article. Chapter XI – Relationship with other international instruments Article 42 – Relationship with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography This Convention shall not affect the rights and obligations arising from the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and is intended to en- hance the protection afforded by them and develop and comple- ment the standards contained therein. Article 43 – Relationship with other international instruments 1This Convention shall not affect the rights and obligations arising from the provisions of other international instruments to which Parties to the present Convention are Parties or shall become Parties and which contain provisions on matters governed by this Convention and which ensure greater protection and assistance for child victims of sexual exploitation or sexual abuse. 2The Parties to the Convention may conclude bilateral or multi- lateral agreements with one another on the matters dealt with in this Convention, for purposes of supplementing or strengthening its provisions or facilitating the application of the principles em- bodied in it. 3Parties which are members of Union shall, in their mutual relations, apply Community and European Union rules in so far as there are Community or European Union rules governing the particular subject concerned and applicable to the specific case, without prejudice to the object and purpose of the present Convention and without prejudice to its full application with other Parties. Chapter XII – Amendments to the Convention Article 44 – Amendments 1Any proposal for an amendment to this Convention presented by a Party shall be communicated to the Secretary General of by him or her to the member States of , any signatory, any State Party, Community, any State invited to sign this Convention in accordance with the provisions of Article 45, paragraph 1, and any State invited to accede to this Convention in accordance with the provisions of Article 46, paragraph 1. 2Any amendment proposed by a Party shall be communicated to (), which shall submit to its opinion on that proposed amendment. 3The shall consider the proposed amend- ment and the opinion submitted by the CDPC and, following consultation with the non-member States Parties to this Con- vention, may adopt the amendment. 4The text of any amendment adopted by in accordance with paragraph 3 of this article shall be forwarded to the Parties for acceptance. 5Any amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph 3 of this article shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of one month after the date on which all Parties have informed the Secretary General that they have accepted it. Chapter XIII – Final Article 45 – Signature and entry into force 1This Convention shall be open for signature by the member States of , the non-member States which have participated in its elaboration as well as Community. 2This Convention is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of . 3This Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date on which 5 signatories, including at least 3 mem- ber States of , have expressed their con- sent to be bound by the Convention in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. 4In respect of any State referred to in paragraph 1 or Community, which subsequently expresses its consent to be bound by it, the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval. Article 46 – Accession to the Convention 1After the entry into force of this Convention, may, after consultation of the Parties to this Convention and obtaining their unanimous consent, invite any non-member State of , which has not participated in the elaboration of the Convention, to accede to this Convention by a decision taken by the majority provided for in Article 20.d of the Statute of , and by unanimous vote of the representatives of the Contracting States entitled to sit on . 2In respect of any acceding State, the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of deposit of the instru- ment of accession with the Secretary General of . Article 47 – Territorial application 1Any State or Community may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, specify the territory or terri- tories to which this Convention shall apply. 2Any Party may, at any later date, by a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of , extend the application of this Convention to any other territory specified in the declaration and for whose international relations it is responsible or on whose behalf it is authorised to give under- takings. In respect of such territory, the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of receipt of such declaration by the Secretary General. 3Any declaration made under the two preceding paragraphs may, in respect of any territory specified in such declaration, be with- drawn by a notification addressed to the Secretary General of . The withdrawal shall become effective on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of receipt of such noti- fication by the Secretary General. Article 48 – Reservations No reservation may be made in respect of any provision of this Convention, with the exception of the reservations expressly estab- . reservation may be withdrawn at any time. Article 49 – Denunciation 1Any Party may, at any time, denounce this Convention by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of . 2Such denunciation shall become effective on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary General. Article 50 – Notification The Secretary General of shall notify the member States of , any State signatory, any State Party, Community, any State invited to sign this Convention in accordance with the provisions of Article 45 and any State invited to accede to this Convention in accordance with the provisions of Article 46 of: bthe deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession; cany date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with Articles 45 and 46; dany amendment adopted in accordance with Article 44 and the date on which such an amendment enters into force; eany reservation made under Article 48; fany denunciation made in pursuance of the provisions of Article 49; gany other act, notification or communication relating to this Convention. In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention. Done at , this 25th day of October 2007, in English and in French, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of . The Secretary General of shall transmit certified copies to each member State of , to the non- member States which have participated in the elaboration of this Convention, to Community and to any State invited to accede to this Convention. Inbjudan till hearing om sexualbrottslagstiftningen Tid: –15.30 Plats: Rotundan, Regeringen har uppdragit åt undertecknad (dir. 2008:94) att utvärdera tillämpningen av sexualbrottsreform. Syftet med utvärde- ringen är att följa upp och undersöka hur bestämmelserna har fungerat i praktiken och om syftet med reformen har uppnåtts. Utvärde- ringen ska särskilt fokusera på våldtäktsbrottet och de särskilda straff- bestämmelserna om sexualbrott mot barn samt hur tillämpningen i dessa avseenden har fallit ut. I mitt utredningsuppdrag ingår vidare att analysera och ta ställning till om det nuvarande kravet på tvång som grund för straffansvar för våldtäkt bör ersättas med ett krav på bristande samtycke. Oavsett ställningstagande i sak ska ett författ- ningsförslag avseende en samtyckesbaserad lagstiftning läggas fram. Med avsikten av belysa och diskutera de frågeställningar som ut- redningsuppdraget gäller enligt ovan inbjuds härmed till en hearing. Inbjudan riktar sig till , Diskrimineringsombuds- mannen och Skolinspektionen/Barn- och elevombudet samt frivillig- organisationer vars verksamhet – ur ett offer- eller förövarperspektiv eller annars med syftet att sprida kunskap eller bilda opinion – berör frågor med koppling till sexualbrottslighet. Förutom att utvärdera tillämpningen av reform och utreda frågan om en samtyckesbaserad lagstiftning har utredningen även till uppgift att analysera frågan om tillträde till Europa- rådets konvention om skydd för barn mot sexuell exploatering och sexuella övergrepp. Denna del av utredningsuppdraget kommer dock inte att behandlas vid hearingen. De frågeställningar som hearingen främst avser att belysa är: Tvång (våld eller hot) eller brist på samtycke som brottsrekvisit? Begreppet sexuell handling. Begreppet som sådant samt begrep- pets användning vid gränsdragning beträffande olika brott dels mot vuxna, dels mot barn Samlag som jämförelsenorm vid bedömningen av graden av kränk- ning i samband med brott mot vuxna och mot barn Begreppet hjälplöst tillstånd och dess tillämpning i praxis Det straffrättsliga skyddet för barn mot sexuella övergrepp gene- rellt (straffnivåer m.m.) Gränsdragningen mellan sexuellt ofredande – ofredande Anmälan om deltagande görs till utredningens sekreterare , eller , . Eftersom antalet platser är begränsat förbehåller vi oss rätten att begränsa antalet deltagare från varje organisation om antalet anmälningar överstiger antalet platser. Vid utebliven närvaro efter anmälan – vänligen meddela detta. Utredningen direktiv finns tillgängliga på regeringens hemsida. Rådman, regeringens särskilde utredare sexualbrotts- utredning. 1.Amnesty International, svenska sektionen 9.Riksorganisationen mot sexuella övergrepp (HOPP) 10.Riksorganisationen för kvinnojourer och tjejjourer i (ROKS) 11.Sveriges Kvinno- och tjejjourers () 12.Sveriges Kvinnolobby (SKL) 1.Lätt att göra rätt –om förmedling av brottsskadestånd. 2.Ett samlat insolvensförfarande – förslag till ny lag. 3.Metria – förutsättningar för att ombilda division Metria vid Lantmäteriet till ett statligt ägt aktiebolag. 4.Allmänna handlingar i elektronisk form –offentlighet och integritet. 5.Skolgång för alla barn. 6.Kunskapslägesrapport på kärnavfalls- området 2010 –utmaningar för slutförvarsprogrammet. 7.Aktiva åtgärder för att främja lika rättig- heter och möjligheter – ett systematiskt målinriktat arbete på tre samhälls- områden. 8.En myndighet för havs- och vatten- miljö. 9.Den framtida organisationen för vissa fiskefrågor. 10.Kvinnor, män och jämställdhet i läromedel i historia. En granskning på uppdrag av Delegationen för jämställdhet i skolan. 11.Spela samman – en ny modell för statens stöd till regional kulturverksamhet. 12.I samspel med musiklivet – en ny nationell plattform för musiken. 13Upphandling på försvars- och säkerhetsområdet. 15.Kriminella grupperingar – motverka rekrytering och underlätta avhopp. 16.Sverige för nyanlända. Värden, välfärds- stat, vardagsliv. 18.En reformerad budgetlag. 19.Lärling – en bro mellan skola och arbetsliv. 20.Så enkelt som möjligt för så många som möjligt – från strategi till handling för e-förvaltning. 21.Bättre marknad för tjänstehundar. 22.Krigets Lagar – centrala dokument om folkrätten under väpnad konflikt, neutralitet, ockupation och fredsinsatser. Klassdirektivet, Klassförordningen, Olycksutredningsdirektivet, IMO:s olycksutredningskod. 25.Viss översyn av verksamhet och organisa- tion på informationssäkerhetsområdet. 26.Flyttningsbidrag och unionsrätten. 27.Gemensamt ansvar och gränsöverstigande samarbete inom transportforskningen. 28.Vändpunkt – ett ökat intresse för matematik, naturvetenskap, teknik och IKT. 29.En ny förvaltningslag. 30.Tredje inre marknadspaketet för el och naturgas. Fortsatt europeisk harmoni- sering. 31.Första hjälpen i psykisk hälsa. 32.Utrikesförvaltning i världsklass. En mer flexibel utrikesrepresentation. 33.Kvinnor, män och jämställdhet i läro- medel i samhällskunskap. En granskning på uppdrag av Delegationen för jämställd- het i skolan. 34.På väg mot en ny roll – överväganden och förslag om Riksutställningar. 35.Kunskap som befrielse? En metanalys av svensk forskning om jämställdhet och skola 1969–2009. 36.Svensk forskning om jämställdhet och skola. 37.Sverige för nyanlända utanför flykting- mottagandet. 39.Ny ordning för nationella vaccinations- program. 40.Cirkulär migration och utveckling –kartläggning av cirkulära rörelsemönster och diskussion om hur migrationens ut- vecklingspotential kan främjas. 41.Kompensationstillägg – om ersättning vid försenade utbetalningar. 42.Med fiskevård i fokus – en ny fiskevårds- lag. 44.Mål och medel – särskilda åtgärder för vissa måltyper i domstol. 45.Händelseanalyser vid självmord inom hälso- och sjukvården och . Förslag till ny lag. 46.Utländsk näringsverksamhet i . En översyn av lagstiftningen om utländska filialer i ett EU-perspektiv. 47.Alkoholkonsumtion, alkoholproblem och sjukfrånvaro – vilka är sambanden? En systematisk litteraturöversikt. 48.Multipla hälsoproblem bland personer . En systematisk litteratur- översikt om förekomst, konsekvenser och vård. 49.Förbud mot köp av sexuell tjänst. En ut- värdering 1999–2008. 51.Könsskillnader i skolprestationer – idéer om orsaker. 52.Biologiska faktorer och könsskillnader