Law on sexual offences in Finland 2023
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Law on sexual offences in Finland 2023 is found in Chapter 20 of the Finnish Criminal Code titled "Seksuaalirikoksista" ("Sexual offences") and came into effect on Sunday 2023-01-01.[1]
Translation to English by the Ministry of Justice: Criminal Code (39/1889) - Chapter 20 - Sexual offences (translation) as .pdf at oikeusministerio.fi (subject to possible revisions)
The new law protects adults against sexual image based abuse be it real or synthetic in origin.
- 7 § Seksuaalisen kuvan luvaton levittäminen[1] Non-consensual dissemination of a sexual image criminalizes distribution of unauthorized real and synthetic sexual images without permission
- 19 § Lasta seksuaalisesti esittävän kuvan levittäminen[1] Distribution of an image depicting a child in a sexual manner [1] criminalizes the distribution of real and synthetic child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Attempting this crime is also punishable.
- 20 § Törkeä lasta seksuaalisesti esittävän kuvan levittäminen[1] Aggravated distribution of an image depicting a child in a sexual manner [1] defines the parameters for aggravated form of the crime of making CSAM available
- 21 § Lasta seksuaalisesti esittävän kuvan hallussapito[1] Possession of an image depicting a child in a sexual manner [1] criminalizes the possession of CSAM and acquiring access for the intent to access CSAM.
This 2023 upgrade and gather-together of the Finnish Criminal Code on sexual offences was made upon the initiative of the 2019-2023 w:Marin Cabinet, was voted into law by the w:Members of the Parliament of Finland, 2019–2023 and it came into effect on Sunday 2023-01-01.
Finland criminalized synthetic CSAM in 2011
Distribution and attempt of distribution and also possession of both real and synthetic CSAM was already criminalized earlier on 2011-06-01 upon the initiative of the w:Vanhanen II Cabinet. These protections against CSAM were moved into 19 §, 20 § and 21 § of chapter 20 in the 2023 sexual offences legislation improvement.
In Finnish
Suomeksi / in Finnish Suomen seksuaalirikoslaki 2023
See also
- Laws against synthesis and other related crimes for other takes on how to ban synthetic filth
Links in English
- New legislation on sexual offences at oikeusministerio.fi (Ministry of Justice)
- Criminal Code (39/1889) - Chapter 20 - Sexual offences (translation) at oikeusministerio.fi (Ministry of Justice of Finland) (translation subject to possible revisions)
- 39/1889 Full Finnish Criminal Code translated to English at finlex.fi does not, as of 2023-01-30 have a translation of the new Criminal Code, but one will be made.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7
Authoritative up-to-date version of the Criminal Code chapter 20 On sexual offences can always be found at finlex.fi
Translation to English by the Ministry of Justice: Criminal Code (39/1889) - Chapter 20 - Sexual offences (translation) as .pdf at oikeusministerio.fi (subject to possible revisions)