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Resources

ECPAT International
Global Study on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism: Pacific

Year: 2016

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ECPAT International
Perceptions of Frontline Welfare Workers on the Sexual Exploitation of Children in the Pacific

Year: 2019

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National Child Protection Systems in the East Asia & Pacific Region

Year: 2014

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Indicators

Age of Consent

No

The age of sexual consent is 15 years for both girls and boys. The national legislation provides for a two-year close-in-age exception.

Analysis of country legislation on age of sexual consent, 2024

Extraterritoriality & Extradition

Partial

Kiribati has not established active or passive extraterritorial jurisdiction. Kiribati legislation applies to offences committed partly within and partly beyond the jurisdiction in the same manner as if such act had been done wholly within the jurisdiction. The Criminal Code does not provide for universal jurisdiction over crimes, regardless of where they are committed, the nationality of the offender or the laws of the place where they are committed.

Extraditable offences are those punishable with a maximum penalty of death or imprisonment, or other deprivation of liberty, for a period of one year or more in both the requesting State and in Kiribati (double criminality). There are no specific provisions on extradition of SEC related offences in the national legislation. However, most SEC related offences are felonies that are punishable with imprisonment of three years or more and therefore could be considered as extraditable offences.

Criminal Code, Extradition Act, 1977, 2003

CSAM Definition

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Background Check Required

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National Commitments

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Child Advocacy Centers

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SEC Police Unit

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Protection Standards Travel and Tourism

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Public SEC Case Data

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