Minor: The victim of sexual violence in Swedish and Germany Law

Abstract

Violent offences directed against sexual integrity of other persons are indisputably considered as the most dangerous forms and aspects of criminality. They are known as the offences against sexual integrity or 'sexual offences'. Due to its significance, nature, characteristics and consequences, the crime of sexual violence, for which all contemporary legislations prescribe the most severe types and measures of punishment, particularly stands out among these criminal offences. All contemporary criminal legislations are familiar with various forms and aspects of the crime of sexual violence, depending on the division criteria. In these of offences are specially accenting crimes of sexual violence's against minors The Convention for the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (2007) laid down the criminal law standards for the protection of minors. After the ratification of the Convention, these standards became part of domestic legal system. This paper discusses the term, characteristics, and elements of the crime of sexual violence in the cases when the attribute of minor as the element of their description in Swedish and Germany law, from both - theoretical as well as practical aspect.