Latest items for LRCM-LAW-2
March 8, 2023, 1:43 p.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: LRCM-PRACTICE-1, LRCM-LAW-2
"[T]here was not a single reported case of marital rape qualified as a criminal offense. Prosecutors treated such cases as 'sexual harassment' in accordance with the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence" (12).
Variables: LRCM-PRACTICE-1, LRCM-LAW-2
"[T]here was not a single reported case of marital rape qualified as a criminal offense. Prosecutors treated such cases as 'sexual harassment' in accordance with the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence" (12).
March 3, 2023, 11:15 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"...[W]hile even today spousal rape is not recognized as a crime under Nigerian law" (Para. 8).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"...[W]hile even today spousal rape is not recognized as a crime under Nigerian law" (Para. 8).
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2, LRCM-LAW-3
"In order to make legal regime more gender friendly and effective, the GoN has been drafting Victim/Survivor and Witness Protection Bill. The Bill proposes to afford protection to victims/survivors and witnesses in cases of rape, incest, human trafficking, and sexual exploitation along with other serious criminal offences listed in the notification published in the official Gazette." (40).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2, LRCM-LAW-3
"In order to make legal regime more gender friendly and effective, the GoN has been drafting Victim/Survivor and Witness Protection Bill. The Bill proposes to afford protection to victims/survivors and witnesses in cases of rape, incest, human trafficking, and sexual exploitation along with other serious criminal offences listed in the notification published in the official Gazette." (40).
Feb. 18, 2023, 10:44 a.m.
Countries: Bahamas
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"While noting that the courts 'cannot and must not succumb to the temptation to reform laws', Lewis-Johnson said the husband ignoring his wife’s 'feeling of not being a willing participant in sexual intercourse' met the grounds for cruelty." (Para.17). " 'The petitioner’s evidence was heavily weighed on acts of sexual intercourse between the parties that she described as acts of rape by the respondent,' she wrote.'I will not recount her evidence save to say that she states that as a result of the respondent’s behavior, she felt like a rape victim. She further alleges that her physical and mental health have been negatively affected.' Lewis-Johnson said the issue raised by...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"While noting that the courts 'cannot and must not succumb to the temptation to reform laws', Lewis-Johnson said the husband ignoring his wife’s 'feeling of not being a willing participant in sexual intercourse' met the grounds for cruelty." (Para.17). " 'The petitioner’s evidence was heavily weighed on acts of sexual intercourse between the parties that she described as acts of rape by the respondent,' she wrote.'I will not recount her evidence save to say that she states that as a result of the respondent’s behavior, she felt like a rape victim. She further alleges that her physical and mental health have been negatively affected.' Lewis-Johnson said the issue raised by...more
Feb. 6, 2023, 12:07 p.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"The Committee [on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]…notes with concern…the absence of criminal law provisions specifically criminalizing certain forms of gender-based violence, such as marital rape" (5).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"The Committee [on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]…notes with concern…the absence of criminal law provisions specifically criminalizing certain forms of gender-based violence, such as marital rape" (5).
Feb. 4, 2023, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"The Bill aims to amend the Combating of Rape Act, Act No.8 of 2000, the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, and the Combating of Immoral Practices Act, 1980 so as to provide additional coercive circumstances for rape; clarify that the minimum sentences for rape apply equally to attempted rape; to assign the highest category of minimum sentences for the rape of persons with physical, mental disabilities or other vulnerabilities; impose upon the court the duty not to regard the testimony of a child as inherently unreliable or to treat it with special caution simply because the witness is a child; ensure the admissibility of previous statements by child witnesses and to...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"The Bill aims to amend the Combating of Rape Act, Act No.8 of 2000, the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, and the Combating of Immoral Practices Act, 1980 so as to provide additional coercive circumstances for rape; clarify that the minimum sentences for rape apply equally to attempted rape; to assign the highest category of minimum sentences for the rape of persons with physical, mental disabilities or other vulnerabilities; impose upon the court the duty not to regard the testimony of a child as inherently unreliable or to treat it with special caution simply because the witness is a child; ensure the admissibility of previous statements by child witnesses and to...more
Jan. 10, 2023, 11:50 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud said that the meaning of the rape must include marital rape for the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act" (para 1).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud said that the meaning of the rape must include marital rape for the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act" (para 1).
Dec. 29, 2022, 6:41 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"Recently, a two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court delivered a split verdict on the issue of criminalizing marital rape. The primary issues that were raised were whether marriage grants the husband an expectation for sexual relations with his wife and results in an implied consent from her and whether striking down the exception will create a new offense of marital rape. Since marital rape is not a crime according to Section 375(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, striking down the exception will result in making marital rape an offense. India is one of the few countries around the world that does not treat non-consexual sex within marriage...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"Recently, a two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court delivered a split verdict on the issue of criminalizing marital rape. The primary issues that were raised were whether marriage grants the husband an expectation for sexual relations with his wife and results in an implied consent from her and whether striking down the exception will create a new offense of marital rape. Since marital rape is not a crime according to Section 375(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, striking down the exception will result in making marital rape an offense. India is one of the few countries around the world that does not treat non-consexual sex within marriage...more
Dec. 28, 2022, 9:53 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"India is one of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape" (para 13).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"India is one of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape" (para 13).
Dec. 28, 2022, 9:52 p.m.
Countries: Sri Lanka
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Sri Lanka" (para 13).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Sri Lanka" (para 13).
Dec. 28, 2022, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: Tanzania
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Tanzania" (para 13).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Tanzania" (para 13).
Dec. 28, 2022, 9:50 p.m.
Countries: Singapore
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Singapore" (para 13).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Singapore" (para 13).
Dec. 28, 2022, 9:49 p.m.
Countries: Ghana
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Ghana" (para 13).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Ghana" (para 13).
Dec. 28, 2022, 9:48 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Indonesia" (para 13).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Indonesia" (para 13).
Dec. 28, 2022, 9:47 p.m.
Countries: Oman
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Oman 13).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Oman 13).
Dec. 28, 2022, 9:46 p.m.
Countries: Lesotho
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Lesotho" (para 13).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Lesotho" (para 13).
Dec. 28, 2022, 9:46 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Nigeria" (para 13).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Nigeria" (para 13).
Dec. 28, 2022, 9:45 p.m.
Countries: Jordan
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Jordan" (para 13).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[O]ne of the ten countries that expressly allow for marital rape [is]...Jordan" (para 13).
Oct. 7, 2022, 4:17 p.m.
Countries: Portugal
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"The law makes rape, including spousal rape, illegal, with a penalty of three to 10 years’ imprisonment for violations" (11).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"The law makes rape, including spousal rape, illegal, with a penalty of three to 10 years’ imprisonment for violations" (11).
June 29, 2022, 11:33 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[T]he Committee notes with concern:... the failure to criminalize marital rape under the Criminal Code, and the absence of any reference to rape or marital rape in Law No. 23/2004 on domestic violence" (7). "[T]he Committee recommends that the State party:... Amend the Criminal Code, Law No. 23/2004 on domestic violence and other relevant legislation to criminalize all forms of physical, psychological, economic and sexual violence against women, including marital rape" (7).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[T]he Committee notes with concern:... the failure to criminalize marital rape under the Criminal Code, and the absence of any reference to rape or marital rape in Law No. 23/2004 on domestic violence" (7). "[T]he Committee recommends that the State party:... Amend the Criminal Code, Law No. 23/2004 on domestic violence and other relevant legislation to criminalize all forms of physical, psychological, economic and sexual violence against women, including marital rape" (7).
June 14, 2022, 5:24 p.m.
Countries: Denmark
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[In Greenland] the Act extends the area for sexual crimes, among other things because sexual relations with children under the age of 12 will be covered by the rape clause. The same applies to the sexual exploitation of a person’s helpless condition, also within marriage, as opposed to earlier, where the law was only applicable to non-marriage" (33).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[In Greenland] the Act extends the area for sexual crimes, among other things because sexual relations with children under the age of 12 will be covered by the rape clause. The same applies to the sexual exploitation of a person’s helpless condition, also within marriage, as opposed to earlier, where the law was only applicable to non-marriage" (33).
May 27, 2022, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"Rape of men and women, including spousal rape, is punishable by up to 40 years in prison" (25). This indicates that it is illegal (SFR - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"Rape of men and women, including spousal rape, is punishable by up to 40 years in prison" (25). This indicates that it is illegal (SFR - CODER COMMENT).
May 16, 2022, 8:09 p.m.
Countries: Suriname
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"With regard to sexual crimes, the Penal Code has been revised in 2009. Rape within marriage and common law union, rape of men, child pornography, youth prostitution (from the age of sixteen to eighteen), among others, have been penalized. The penalties have also been extended" (9). "Rape within marriage is now defined as a criminal offence since the revision of de Penal Code in 2009. The regulation has been formulated gender neutral, allowing the penalization of rape regardless of gender" (43). "Since the revision of the Penal Code in July 2009, rape and or sexual abuse within marriage are recognized as offences (Article 295, Penal Code)..." (46).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"With regard to sexual crimes, the Penal Code has been revised in 2009. Rape within marriage and common law union, rape of men, child pornography, youth prostitution (from the age of sixteen to eighteen), among others, have been penalized. The penalties have also been extended" (9). "Rape within marriage is now defined as a criminal offence since the revision of de Penal Code in 2009. The regulation has been formulated gender neutral, allowing the penalization of rape regardless of gender" (43). "Since the revision of the Penal Code in July 2009, rape and or sexual abuse within marriage are recognized as offences (Article 295, Penal Code)..." (46).
May 12, 2022, 5 p.m.
Countries: Panama
Variables: LRW-LAW-1, LRW-LAW-2, LRW-DATA-1, LRCM-LAW-2
"The law criminalizes rape of men or women, including spousal rape, with prison terms of five to 10 years. Rapes continued to constitute the majority of sexual crimes investigated by the National Police Directorate of Judicial Investigation. Eighty percent of the victims were women and 63 percent of those were younger than 17" (12).
Variables: LRW-LAW-1, LRW-LAW-2, LRW-DATA-1, LRCM-LAW-2
"The law criminalizes rape of men or women, including spousal rape, with prison terms of five to 10 years. Rapes continued to constitute the majority of sexual crimes investigated by the National Police Directorate of Judicial Investigation. Eighty percent of the victims were women and 63 percent of those were younger than 17" (12).
April 29, 2022, 5:43 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[M]arital rape is not criminalized" (6).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"[M]arital rape is not criminalized" (6).
March 28, 2022, 8:57 p.m.
Countries: Latvia
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"Spousal rape is explicitly considered rape with 'aggravated circumstances.' Criminal penalties for rape range from four years to life imprisonment" (12).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"Spousal rape is explicitly considered rape with 'aggravated circumstances.' Criminal penalties for rape range from four years to life imprisonment" (12).
March 25, 2022, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Kosovo
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"The law criminalizes rape and domestic violence against all persons, including rape of a relative or spouse. By law, rape is punishable by two to 15 years in prison" (22).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"The law criminalizes rape and domestic violence against all persons, including rape of a relative or spouse. By law, rape is punishable by two to 15 years in prison" (22).
March 25, 2022, 9:33 p.m.
Countries: Armenia
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"Rape is a criminal offense, and conviction carries a maximum sentence of 15 years; general rape statutes applied to the prosecution of spousal rape" (28).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"Rape is a criminal offense, and conviction carries a maximum sentence of 15 years; general rape statutes applied to the prosecution of spousal rape" (28).
March 25, 2022, 8:54 p.m.
Countries: United Arab Emirates
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"The law criminalizes rape, which is punishable by death under the penal code. The penal code does not address spousal rape" (26).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"The law criminalizes rape, which is punishable by death under the penal code. The penal code does not address spousal rape" (26).
March 15, 2022, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Lithuania
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"...No law specifically criminalizes spousal rape, and no data on spousal rape was available" (11).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2
"...No law specifically criminalizes spousal rape, and no data on spousal rape was available" (11).