{"id":6136,"date":"2026-08-28T12:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T12:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/childx.se\/?post_type=news&p=6136"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:36:25","slug":"all-parties-want-to-change-the-child-sexual-abuse-material-legislation-3","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/childx.se\/en\/news\/all-parties-want-to-change-the-child-sexual-abuse-material-legislation-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Following ChildX’s demands: Government to review the law that sexualizes children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following ChildX’s demands: Government to review the law that sexualizes children<\/h1>\n
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A comprehensive inquiry will now review Sweden’s protection against sexual exploitation of children in the child sexual abuse material legislation. For us, this announcement is an important victory after several years of work to ensure that all children have equal criminal law protection. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

The government is now establishing a comprehensive inquiry that includes a review of the child sexual abuse material legislation. In the directive from the government, the investigator shall review all of ChildX’s demands: the protection for children who have gone through puberty, whether the perpetrator’s knowledge of the child’s age should be a circumstance affecting criminal liability, and take a position on whether the offense designation child pornography should be replaced with language that better describes sexual abuse and exploitation of children. <\/p>\n

For ChildX, today’s announcement is the result of long-term work where the organization, together with other actors in civil society, has pointed out concrete shortcomings and demanded change.<\/p>\n

– We have fought for this since ChildX started. That’s why it feels significant to see that issues we have raised for a long time are now actually becoming the subject of a government inquiry. But our work is not over. An inquiry is an important step \u2013 now we will follow the work closely and continue to push for it to lead to real change for children <\/em>, says Ida \u00d6stensson.<\/p>\n

We also welcome the government’s recognition of ChildX and civil society’s role in the work to strengthen children’s protection.<\/p>\n

– There is great commitment to these issues. And several actors in civil society \u2013 not least ChildX \u2013 have for a long time pushed for change and worked purposefully to strengthen children’s protection against sexual violations. Through the Child Protection Inquiry, the government is taking the next important step in the work to push back this dark and serious crime and strengthen the protection of children and young people, <\/em>says Gunnar Str\u00f6mmer, Minister of Justice.<\/p>\n

A BROAD INQUIRY ON CHILDREN’S PROTECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

The inquiry is comprehensive and extends across several areas concerning how Sweden can strengthen the protection of children against sexual abuse and exploitation \u2013 through modernized legislation, preventive measures, and new tools to stop crime and protect children.<\/p>\n

– It is a major victory that the government is taking steps forward on all three of our core issues. This is a comprehensive and thorough inquiry where we also welcome, among other things, the directives to review the placement of child sexual abuse material offenses in Chapter 16 of the Penal Code and that the investigator shall submit proposals to abolish the statute of limitations for all sexual offenses against children, says Ida \u00d6stensson<\/em>, Secretary General of ChildX. <\/p>\n

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THE CHILD PROTECTION INQUIRY’S DIRECTIVE INCLUDES, AMONG OTHER THINGS:<\/strong><\/p>\n