Rochelle Keyhan at (972) 764-2704 or at Ībout the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE)įounded in 1962, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is the leading national non-partisan organization exposing the links between all forms of sexual exploitation. ALI's recommendations "go against federal law in place since 2015 and would exclude buyers of children for sex from liability under state trafficking charges" according to the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children.Ĭoalition of Bipartisan Attorney's GeneralĪttorney General Opposition - Susannah Williams,, Office: 60Ĭollective Liberty is a national anti-trafficking organization that curates and analyzes trafficking data to support the arrest and prosecution of traffickers, and the support and empowerment of survivors. jurisdictions not to change their laws to accord with it."Ī bipartisan group of 35 Attorneys General object to the hasty process arguing last week that the proposed changes "silence survivor voices." The National Association of Women Judges has also written in opposition of these amendments.Ĭollective Liberty and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) coordinated opposition which is shared by over 50 expert organizations and advocates in the field, including criminal justice professionals, and legislators who have worked for years on these policies at local and national levels–in direct collaboration with survivors of sex trafficking and sexual assault. As DOJ writes, the proposal "will roll back decades of progress in strengthening enforcement and protecting the public." And if the motion fails, and ALI passes these amendments, DOJ mentions that they "will urge U.S. Seven sections of Department of Justice, including Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) sent a letter to ALI opposing these revisions. The ALI has also not meaningfully included trafficking or criminal justice expert advice, nor survivor feedback in the drafting process, disregarding the decades of inclusive national public policy around these issues. The ALI proposed amendments to the Model Penal Code, however, disregard that process and evolution.
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National and state level legislation around human trafficking, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, and sex offender registration has been evolving over the last several decades with tireless work by advocates, legislators, survivors, and trafficking and criminal justice experts. YWCA- USA Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network (RAINN) National Organization for Women (NOW) National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) Covenant House International National Children's Alliance ECPAT- USA National Center on Sexual Exploitation Collective Liberty, and 43 additional national and regional organizations, law firms, and well-respected advocates join the US Department of Justice 35 State Attorney Generals and the National Association of Women Judges in opposing proposed amendments to the model penal code.Ī motion will be offered at ALI's Tuesday, May 17th meeting to OPPOSE the draft revisions.
The proposed changes narrow and weaken sexual assault law including the sex trafficking statute.
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WASHINGTON, /PRNewswire/ - A group of well-known anti-trafficking, survivor, women's, and legal organizations are opposing proposed amendments to the Model Penal Code being voted on by the American Law Institute (ALI) on May 17, 2022.