The rape law revision in Denmark

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

The adoption of a consent-based rape provision in the Danish Penal Code has gradually gained sufficient political support.

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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 ...

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States are obliged to provide effective protection against rape and other sexual abuse by means of penalisation, effective investigation, and prosecution of any ...

ECHR finds procedural response to rape in Denmark inadequate

This reflects a substantial failure in Denmark's procedural criminal justice response to allegations of rape and constitutes a clear violation ...

Denmark: Historic victory for women as law changes to recognise ...

Today, Danish MPs voted to make Denmark the 12th country in Europe to recognise sex without consent as rape.

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.

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

The adoption of a consent-based rape provision in the Danish Penal Code has gradually gained sufficient political support.

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 ...

Criminalization and Prosecution of Rape in Denmark

The flaws in Danish law on sexual violence are not confined to the definition of rape and its consequences. Articles. 218-220 of the Criminal Code criminalize ...

REFORM OF THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF RAPE IN DENMARK

Last week, the Danish Parliament considered the government's proposal for a new Danish rape law. After organizations, rape survivors ...

How sexual violence in Denmark exposes the myth of its gender ...

They accompanied her to the Centre for Sexual Assault for a physical examination and recommended that she report the incident. “It was difficult ...

Women This Week: Denmark Strengthens Rape Law

... revised sex education curriculum. France recently updated its sexual violence statute but disregarded calls to adopt a consent-based rape law, and several ...

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 make consent the basis for determining rape

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Denmark proposes change to sexual violence laws to include consent

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The rape law Revision in Denmark - INTERSECT

The reach of the amended rape legislation will not merely depend on the wording of the rape provision but will, at least in part, depend on the ...

Denmark Plans Rape Law Requiring Sexual Consent - Barron's

The Danish government on Tuesday announced plans to reform sexual ... Denmark Plans Rape Law Requiring Sexual Consent. By AFP - Agence ...

2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Denmark

Danish police received 2,114 reports of rape or attempted rape in 2021. Greenland Police received 643 reports of sexual offenses in 2021. According to their ...

The wave of consent-based rape laws in Europe - ScienceDirect.com

An example is Austria, where rape is coercion-based, but sexual intercourse without consent is a separate offence. We also excluded Estonia, with a rape law ...

Committee of the Parties Council of Europe Convention on ...

2. In December 2020 Denmark introduced consent-based rape legislation. Section 216 of the Danish Criminal Code now defines rape as sexual.