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Munich Court Sentences Iraqi ISIS Couple for Enslaving Yazidi Girls

The verdict underscores Germany’s use of universal jurisdiction to prosecute ISIS-era sexual slavery and torture.

Paris Police Detain 16 Staff at Saint‑Dominique School in Expanding Child‑Abuse Inquiry

French Lawmakers Push to End Time Limits for Crimes Against Children

Lula Sanctions Law Making Vulnerability an Absolute Presumption in Sexual Crimes Against Minors and the Incapacitated

Special POCSO Courts Across States Hand Down 20-Year Terms as Kerala Accused Flees Before Sentencing

Six Relatives Jailed for 97 Years Over Years-Long Abuse of West Sussex Girl

Ayodhya POCSO Case: Raju Khan Sentenced to 20 Years After SP Leader Moeed Khan Acquitted

Uttar Pradesh Halala Rape Case Widens as Police Add POCSO, Arrest Husband

Gurugram Man Remanded to Judicial Custody After 15-Year-Old Gives Birth in Hospital

Netherlands Sees Four-Year Rise in Child Sexual Abuse Reports as Online Cases Surge

Naples Appeals Court Confirms 13-Year Sentence for Mosca, Reduces Varriale’s to 8 Years 8 Months

Three Youths Arrested in Sulmona Over Coerced Abuse of 12-Year-Old

Nantes Prosecutor to Open Criminal Inquiries Into Saint‑Stanislas Abuse Allegations

Supreme Court Urges Earlier Sex Education Lessons, Prompting State Reviews

Abbé Pierre Faces 12 New Sexual Violence Allegations, Bringing Total to 45

India’s Courts Deliver Stringent Sentences in Child Sexual Abuse Cases Across Three States

Fast-Track POCSO Trials in North India Deliver Landmark Sentences for Child Sexual Offences

15-Year-Old Fatally Stabbed in Marseille During Altercation Between Peers

French Teacher Sentenced to Nine Years for Sexual Abuse of 25 Children

Courts Across India Deliver Sentences in Child Sexual Abuse Cases