The long road to a consent|based rape law in Denmark

The long road to a consent-based rape law in Denmark

“Involuntary paralysis” or “freezing” has been recognized by experts as a very common physiological and psychological response to sexual assault ...

Denmark Toughens Rape Law to Include Sex Without Consent

Denmark regularly leads indexes on gender equality and access to justice. Its sexual assault laws already criminalized marital rape, and the ...

Let's talk about “yes”: Consent laws in Europe - Amnesty International

The law reform which aims at ensuring that everyone's sexual autonomy is respected and protected in Denmark is a huge achievement of rape ...

Denmark's sexual consent law 'used as intended' in first two years

“During the past two years, we have seen convictions in cases where the victim has been passive during a sexual assault, which is within the ...

r/MensLib - Denmark to make consent the basis for determining rape

This week, the Danish government announced its intentions to reform the country's sexual violence laws. ... rape," but rape is illegal based ...

The rape law revision in Denmark: Consent or voluntariness as the ...

In other words, rape legislation must take into account the 'continuum of coercion' within which sexual assault may occur, by also covering.

Law professor: Myths about rape persist despite new consent law

No one in their right mind goes to the police and reports it as a rape,« says Trine Baumbach. And women who have been raped do not necessarily ...

Denmark defines rape as sex without explicit consent - TRT World

Denmark defines rape as sex without explicit consent ... Danish law would specify that sexual consent must be given voluntarily and as an expression of an ...

(PDF) The rape law revision in Denmark: Consent or voluntariness ...

responsibility to ensure that sexual acts only take place when the parties agree. ... and stilettos. Finally, the party leaders declared that rape is never the ...

Women This Week: Denmark Strengthens Rape Law

France recently updated its sexual violence statute but disregarded calls to adopt a consent-based rape law, and several other European nations still do not ...

Consent matters in new Danish rape law

Law, especially law about rape and sexual assault, can sound intimidating, difficult to understand, and so maybe not worth our time.

Denmark, Land of Gender Equality, Has a Major Rape Problem | TIME

The simple truth is that sex without consent is rape. Failure to recognise this in law leaves women like me exposed to sexual violence and fuels ...

Denmark strengthens rape laws, outlaws sex without explicit consent

A similar law introduced in neighbouring Sweden in 2018 resulted in a 75% rise in rape convictions. Around 11,400 women a year are raped or ...

Denmark to recognize non-consensual sex as rape - DW

Sexual intercourse where a person does not freely give their consent, regardless of any physical violence, will now be considered rape.

Consent discontentment: Battling for a rape law sea-change

The law came into force on 1 July 2018. It criminalises sexual assault and rape and makes it easier to convict perpetrators. Under previous ...

Denmark proposes change to sexual violence laws to include consent

European rights court upholds French law penalising clients of sex workers · draft law · sexual assault · Rape · Sexual violence · Law · Denmark.

Denmark to change law to classify sex without explicit consent as rape

Denmark's left-leaning political parties have agreed to amend the country's sexual violence laws to allow sex without explicit consent to be ...

Danes to change law saying non-consensual sex is rape - NY1

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's left-leaning ... sexual violence laws to allow sex without explicit consent to be prosecuted as rape.

A long way to end rape in the European Union - Dr. Franco Posa

... Denmark58 and Slovenia,59 rape law is grounded on a consent-based definition. Generally speaking, this means that the law requires the person engaging in ...

5. Prosecutorial considerations | Fighting Domestic Violence

There is no criminal offense of rape or sexual assault in the Danish Criminal Code that is based exclusively on a lack of consent, something that forms the ...