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Vatican City

Indicators

Age of Consent

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Extraterritoriality & Extradition

Partial

Active and passive extraterritoriality are recognised for SEC related offences under the Vatican laws, as stated in articles 3 and 4 of the Law N. IX on Amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure. Some SEC related offences may be excluded from extraterritoriality if punished with less than 3 years of imprisonment, such as possession of CSAM under and some instances of distribution, dissemination, offering and supply of CSAM under arts. 10.3, 10.4, 10.6 and 11 of the Law N VIII on Supplementary Norms on Criminal Law Matters. Double criminality is not required for extraterritoriality under articles 3 and 4 of the Law N. IX.

Extradition is regulated in the Italian Criminal Code of 1889, which does not establish any requirement on minimum gravity or double criminality for an offence to be extraditable. Vatican City nationals cannot be extradited under Article 9 of the Criminal Code.

Law N. IX on Amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure, Law N VIII on Supplementary Norms on Criminal Law Matters, Italian Criminal Code of 1889 (main source of criminal law in the Vatican since 1929)., 2013, 2013, 1889

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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