Underage sex -- changing times, static laws?

Reading the news reports about local trainee teacher who has been found guilty of having sex with two underage girls, this question popped into my mind: is it time for the laws governing underage sex to be updated?

Although I may be a voice in the wilderness on this issue, my answer to the question above will be "Yes".

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Human Rights Day 2010 -- "Let us each be a human rights defender"

UN Secretary-General's Human Rights Day 2010 Message

Human rights are the foundation of freedom, peace, development and justice -- and the heart of the work of the United Nations around the world.

Laws to protect and promote human rights are indispensable. But quite often, progress comes down to people… courageous women and men… striving to protect their own rights and the rights of others… determined to make rights real in people’s lives.

It is these human rights defenders to whom we dedicate this year’s observance of Human Rights Day.

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