Thorough as ever anon. Thanks for this. Upvoat.

Thank you for providing a link to that report.

You do such great research AOP and report eloquently!. I wish my cell phone could accept this large a pdf file. Anyway, I have noticed for the past several years the lenient sentences in rape cases whether the victim is an adult or minor child. How can you justify sentences that are lighter than a straight forward assault and battery case or a burglary for God's sake. Hillary's 3rd wave feminists need to get on this issue as it pertains to adult victims.(I wouldn't trust her with any children's issues)

California, USA

What remains unacceptable is sentencing based not on the facts but on stereotypes and social inequalities such as was asserted in June 2016 following a sexual assault trial in California, USA. The judge gave the convicted rapist, at the time a student athlete at the prestigious Stanford University, an extremely light sentence despite having the relatively rare benefit of the testimony of two eye-witnesses to the assault. This caused uproar on publication of a letter from the survivor about how the sexual assault had affected her life in contrast to the judge’s reported reasoning that a heavy sentence would negatively impact the perpetrator’s future prospects. Survivors who have the courage to go through a trial which can be traumatic in itself for a range of reasons should be confident that, having secured a conviction, the appropriate penalty will be handed down. This would also serve to deter perpetrators and engender faith in the justice system by other women similarly affected.

The most concerning laws

Laws permitting marital rape even of children are especially outrageous. We found laws that allow rape in marriage of minor girls, even where other laws in the same jurisdiction forbid child, early and forced marriage and even where the law on statutory rape relating to unmarried girls of the same age would provide that consent to sexual relations is not possible.

List of countries having protective laws for the criminals can be found on page 61