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The document envisages imposing a sentence of up to 25 years or life imprisonment for certain sexual crimes against children under the age of 14, providing legal assistance at state expense to child victims of violence, and videotaping their interrogations.
The draft law aimed at protecting children from all forms of violence was adopted in the second reading. The punishment for defamation of a child under the age of 14 is up to 25 years or life imprisonment. New norms have been introduced for crimes that cause the death of a child and causing serious injury.