LATE CITIZENSHIP AND CHILDREN
Child sexual violence and its recrudescence in light of the Covid-19 pandemic
Keywords:
Crianças, Pandemia, Violência Sexual, Covid-19, Direitos HumanosAbstract
The present study was conducted in immediate response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a period in which different human rights violations that already occurred in standard times became evident. Sexual violence against children and adolescents was analyzed as a silent and hidden crime in society, which has always presented severe occurrence rates and underreporting. During the pandemic, the identification and protection of victims became more difficult, as the vast majority were locked in their homes with their aggressors. The present work seeks to give visibility to this serious form of violence and to make society and the executive, legislative and judicial powers aware of the magnitude of this problem, and the urgent need to combat, once and for all, sexual violence against children and adolescents, protect and guarantee their fundamental rights with absolute priority. Through the use of the hypothetical deductive method, under the qualitative bibliographic approach, the legal framework that protects children and adolescents was described, under the analysis of T. H. Marshall’s conception of citizenship, highlighting the main measures implemented to protect against sexual violence, characterizing its occurrence and dimension of gravity in Brazil; finally, the incidence of sexual violence against children and adolescents, aggravated by Covid-19, was scrutinized.
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