A last-minute bill proposed in the General Assembly may soon establish a filing deadline for child sex abuse claims against ...

Lawyers sparred before New York’s top court over how specific a man alleging sexual abuse decades ago needs to be in his ...

The New York Appellate Division Fourth Department recently issued a decision affirming in part and reversing in part summary ...

Attorneys attempting to settle thousands of alleged child sex abuse cases that could cost billions to Maryland state ...

Friday marked six years since passage of New York's Child Victims Act (CVA) − a landmark law empowering survivors of childhood sexual abuse to seek justice after years of silence.

The Scottish Government is giving serious consideration to proposals to make the identification of child murder victims a criminal offence. Here’s why that would be wrong ...

The law provides the right to a victim of sexual assault to terminate her pregnancy medically, the Allahabad High Court has ...

Maryland’s highest court, in a 4-3 decision on February 3, narrowly upheld the Child Victims Act of 2023, a law that retroactively and ...

The Kerala High Court has ruled that there are no statutory provisions in the newly enacted criminal laws, the POCSO Act, or ...

The Rajya Sabha is considering the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which aims to enhance ...

Former Canberra Scout and police officer Alexander John Clancy is facing 11 charges against two alleged victims, including ...