"It's a secret": child sexual exploitation in schools

Case Studies & Research
Mexico City
ODI
2021
73 p.
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"Es un secreto": la explotación sexual infantil en escuelas

This report documents cases litigated by ODI in representation of boys and girls that have been victims of organized sexual violence in schools. It also includes information taken from cases covered by the media and data obtained from public records. Recommendations issued by local and federal human rights commissions served as an important source. The cases identified are notably different from the unfortunately numerous cases of child sexual abuse committed by individual teachers against one or more students. These cases demonstrate patterns of criminal behavior characterized by organized aggressions committed by multiple adults perpetrated in mass scale within the premises of a given school.

Este informe documenta casos litigados por la ODI en representación de niños y niñas que han sido víctimas de violencia sexual organizada en escuelas. También incluye documentación de casos a través de peticiones de acceso a la información y revisión hemerográfica. Los casos identificados son notablemente distintos de los miles de lamentables casos de abuso sexual infantil cometido por un maestro en contra de alumnos. Se trata de patrones delictivos marcados por acciones organizadas entre varios adultos y perpetradas de manera masiva dentro de un plantel escolar.

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