Latest items for LRCM-LAW-3
June 19, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
Countries: Botswana
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The Government of Botswana has put in place different policies, legislation and other prevention strategies to alleviate sexual violence, but the Botswana Police Service statistics show increasing cases of sexual violence. Towards the aim of addressing the problem of sexual violence in his State of the Nation Address Speech, the President Dr Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi stated as follows - 'In view of the increasing cases of rape, defilement, incest and other sexual offences, especially against children, I have directed that the drafting of the Sexual Offences Bill be given a priority. Among its provisions would be stiffer penalties against these crimes and the establishment of a Sex Offender Register,...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The Government of Botswana has put in place different policies, legislation and other prevention strategies to alleviate sexual violence, but the Botswana Police Service statistics show increasing cases of sexual violence. Towards the aim of addressing the problem of sexual violence in his State of the Nation Address Speech, the President Dr Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi stated as follows - 'In view of the increasing cases of rape, defilement, incest and other sexual offences, especially against children, I have directed that the drafting of the Sexual Offences Bill be given a priority. Among its provisions would be stiffer penalties against these crimes and the establishment of a Sex Offender Register,...more
June 17, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Article 222a (Incest) (1) Whoever engages in sexual intercourse or an equivalent sexual act with a blood relative in the direct line or with a brother or sister, shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment for a term between three months and three years. (2) Whoever perpetrates the offense referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article with a child, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and ten years” (19).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Article 222a (Incest) (1) Whoever engages in sexual intercourse or an equivalent sexual act with a blood relative in the direct line or with a brother or sister, shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment for a term between three months and three years. (2) Whoever perpetrates the offense referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article with a child, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and ten years” (19).
June 17, 2026, 12:03 p.m.
Countries: Bhutan
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3, LRCM-DATA-2
"The devastating truth emerged when she [rape victim] bravely disclosed to the police that her half-brother, a monk, had raped her in their family home in Punakha last year. He has since been convicted of rape and incest and is serving over 11 years in Chamgang jail" (para 2). This indicates that there are laws against incest in Bhutan (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3, LRCM-DATA-2
"The devastating truth emerged when she [rape victim] bravely disclosed to the police that her half-brother, a monk, had raped her in their family home in Punakha last year. He has since been convicted of rape and incest and is serving over 11 years in Chamgang jail" (para 2). This indicates that there are laws against incest in Bhutan (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
June 17, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The need for legal reforms was emphasized, such as the specific classification of the crime of incest in Bolivia" (para 4). This indicates that there is no specific criminal classification for incest in Bolivia (CEC2- CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The need for legal reforms was emphasized, such as the specific classification of the crime of incest in Bolivia" (para 4). This indicates that there is no specific criminal classification for incest in Bolivia (CEC2- CODER COMMENT).
June 13, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"In cases where an older relative has had sexual contact with a family member who is under the age of 16, the older relative will be charged with incest. However, if both family members are over the age of 16, they can both face charges for engaging in incestuous acts" (para 41).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"In cases where an older relative has had sexual contact with a family member who is under the age of 16, the older relative will be charged with incest. However, if both family members are over the age of 16, they can both face charges for engaging in incestuous acts" (para 41).
June 13, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest: 62.-(1) Any person who carnally knows another person who is to that person's knowledge, that person's grandchild, child, sibling, niece, nephew or parent, commits an offence and shall on conviction thereof be liable to imprisonment for not less than twelve years but may extend to imprisonment for life. (2) For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether the other person consents to the penetration of the mouth, anus or vagina" (61)."Incest by females of or over sixteen: 63. Any female of or above the age of sixteen years who with consent permits her grandfather, father, brother or son to have carnal knowledge of her (knowing him to...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest: 62.-(1) Any person who carnally knows another person who is to that person's knowledge, that person's grandchild, child, sibling, niece, nephew or parent, commits an offence and shall on conviction thereof be liable to imprisonment for not less than twelve years but may extend to imprisonment for life. (2) For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether the other person consents to the penetration of the mouth, anus or vagina" (61)."Incest by females of or over sixteen: 63. Any female of or above the age of sixteen years who with consent permits her grandfather, father, brother or son to have carnal knowledge of her (knowing him to...more
June 13, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The Criminal Code was amended in 2014 to reform the law in relation to sexual offences against children, abduction, kidnapping, procurement, incest, inducement to abandon criminal proceedings and perverting the court of justice" (39).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The Criminal Code was amended in 2014 to reform the law in relation to sexual offences against children, abduction, kidnapping, procurement, incest, inducement to abandon criminal proceedings and perverting the court of justice" (39).
June 1, 2026, 6:45 p.m.
Countries: Belgium
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Despite the general prohibition, there are countries in Europe where voluntary incestuous relations do not constitute an offence (this is the case in countries such as Belgium, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Portugal, Russia, Turkey and Uzbekistan)."
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Despite the general prohibition, there are countries in Europe where voluntary incestuous relations do not constitute an offence (this is the case in countries such as Belgium, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Portugal, Russia, Turkey and Uzbekistan)."
June 1, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
Countries: Belgium
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest has existed for a long time despite being illegal in several countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Japan, Portugal, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, and Sweden (World Population Review, 2021)."
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest has existed for a long time despite being illegal in several countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Japan, Portugal, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, and Sweden (World Population Review, 2021)."
June 1, 2026, 6:09 p.m.
Countries: Belgium
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Countries like Israel, France, Belgium and Turkey have legalized incest while in Portugal incest is not specifically prohibited under Portuguese law."
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Countries like Israel, France, Belgium and Turkey have legalized incest while in Portugal incest is not specifically prohibited under Portuguese law."
June 1, 2026, 12:25 p.m.
Countries: Barbados
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"(1) A person commits the offence of incest who, knowing that another person is by blood relationship, his or her parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, uncle, niece, aunt or nephew, as the case may be, has sexual intercourse with that person. (2) It is immaterial that the sexual intercourse referred to under subsection (1) occurred with the consent of the other person. (3) A person who commits the offence of incest is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment (a) if committed by an adult with a person under 14 years of age, for life: (b) if committed by an adult with a person 14 years of age or...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"(1) A person commits the offence of incest who, knowing that another person is by blood relationship, his or her parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, uncle, niece, aunt or nephew, as the case may be, has sexual intercourse with that person. (2) It is immaterial that the sexual intercourse referred to under subsection (1) occurred with the consent of the other person. (3) A person who commits the offence of incest is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment (a) if committed by an adult with a person under 14 years of age, for life: (b) if committed by an adult with a person 14 years of age or...more
May 30, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Legality of Incest: Bangladesh - Illegal"(para 2).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Legality of Incest: Bangladesh - Illegal"(para 2).
April 1, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Art. 337a. (Modified) Incest is the sexual relations between: 1- relatives in the descending or ascending line; 2- full, consanguineous or uterine brothers and sisters; 3- a person and the child of one of his full, consanguineous or uterine brothers or sisters or with a descendant thereof; 4- the mother or the father and the husband or the wife, the widower or the widow of his child or of another of his descendants; 5- stepmother or stepmother and the descendant of the other spouse; 6- persons one of whom is the wife or husband of a brother or sister. The penalty is ten (10) to twenty (20) years of imprisonment...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Art. 337a. (Modified) Incest is the sexual relations between: 1- relatives in the descending or ascending line; 2- full, consanguineous or uterine brothers and sisters; 3- a person and the child of one of his full, consanguineous or uterine brothers or sisters or with a descendant thereof; 4- the mother or the father and the husband or the wife, the widower or the widow of his child or of another of his descendants; 5- stepmother or stepmother and the descendant of the other spouse; 6- persons one of whom is the wife or husband of a brother or sister. The penalty is ten (10) to twenty (20) years of imprisonment...more
April 1, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
Countries: Angola, Argentina
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is legal"
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is legal"
April 1, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
Countries: Albania, Algeria
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is illegal"
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is illegal"
April 1, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is punishable by death in Afghanistan"
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest is punishable by death in Afghanistan"
April 1, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
Countries: Albania
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Secondly, all of the states included in this study have criminalized voluntary incestuous relations between siblings. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania utilize the same system of penalties as they do for voluntary incestuous relations between direct relatives...Thirdly, there are three states which criminalize voluntary incestuous relations between members of the same nuclear family even if they are not blood relatives: Albania, Bulgariaand Croatia.Lastly, there is one country which criminalizes voluntary homosexual incestuous relations between members of the same nuclear family: Albania."
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Secondly, all of the states included in this study have criminalized voluntary incestuous relations between siblings. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania utilize the same system of penalties as they do for voluntary incestuous relations between direct relatives...Thirdly, there are three states which criminalize voluntary incestuous relations between members of the same nuclear family even if they are not blood relatives: Albania, Bulgariaand Croatia.Lastly, there is one country which criminalizes voluntary homosexual incestuous relations between members of the same nuclear family: Albania."
March 25, 2026, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: Albania
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest: Unlawful sexual intercourse between parents and children, brother and sister, other persons related in direct descent and persons related by adoption or guardianship. Note: this latter provision adds a social dimension to an other biological definition. Sanction: up to 5 years imprisonment."
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest: Unlawful sexual intercourse between parents and children, brother and sister, other persons related in direct descent and persons related by adoption or guardianship. Note: this latter provision adds a social dimension to an other biological definition. Sanction: up to 5 years imprisonment."
March 13, 2026, 1:28 p.m.
Countries: Poland
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"There have been attempts already in the past to change this. In 2016, a high-profile trial against a 26-year-old uncle charged with raping his 14-year-old niece began. The now 22-year-old niece and her lawyers argued that the man should be tried for rape, while the prosecutor’s office insisted on a charge of having sex with a minor. The prosecution struggled with acknowledging a case of sexual violence since the girl did not scream. The first-instance court found the man guilty of rape and sentenced him to three years in prison. But the appellate court overturned the verdict and brought forward a new charge, this time solely for having sex with...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"There have been attempts already in the past to change this. In 2016, a high-profile trial against a 26-year-old uncle charged with raping his 14-year-old niece began. The now 22-year-old niece and her lawyers argued that the man should be tried for rape, while the prosecutor’s office insisted on a charge of having sex with a minor. The prosecution struggled with acknowledging a case of sexual violence since the girl did not scream. The first-instance court found the man guilty of rape and sentenced him to three years in prison. But the appellate court overturned the verdict and brought forward a new charge, this time solely for having sex with...more
Feb. 25, 2026, 10:57 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Argentina, Belgium, Brunei, China, France
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Internationally, incest laws vary greatly, with some countries like Italy having conditional legality and others like Afghanistan imposing extreme penalties, including death."(para 3)."On the other extreme, incest is punishable by death in Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates, and Sudan (if same-sex relations)."(para 6)."Twenty-two countries around the world have not criminalized incest. Portuguese law, for example, does not criminalize incest. Additionally, no laws prohibit consenting relatives from having sexual relations in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Incest is also legal in Argentina, Brazil, India, the Ivory Coast, Japan, Latvia, South Korea, Thailand, and Turkey."(para 7)."In the following countries, incest is legal: Belgium, China, France, Japan, Latvia,...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Internationally, incest laws vary greatly, with some countries like Italy having conditional legality and others like Afghanistan imposing extreme penalties, including death."(para 3)."On the other extreme, incest is punishable by death in Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates, and Sudan (if same-sex relations)."(para 6)."Twenty-two countries around the world have not criminalized incest. Portuguese law, for example, does not criminalize incest. Additionally, no laws prohibit consenting relatives from having sexual relations in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Incest is also legal in Argentina, Brazil, India, the Ivory Coast, Japan, Latvia, South Korea, Thailand, and Turkey."(para 7)."In the following countries, incest is legal: Belgium, China, France, Japan, Latvia,...more
Feb. 25, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
World Population Review detailing the list of countries where incest is legal and illegal in 2026.
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
World Population Review detailing the list of countries where incest is legal and illegal in 2026.
March 20, 2025, 4:14 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"While cousin marriage remains legal in the UK, incest — the sexual intercourse between immediate relatives — is illegal in Britain even if consensual" (para 41).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"While cousin marriage remains legal in the UK, incest — the sexual intercourse between immediate relatives — is illegal in Britain even if consensual" (para 41).
March 14, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Other forms of sexual violence are regulated in the Domestic Violence Law (KDRT), which only applies to victims and perpetrators who are categorized as family" (11-12).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Other forms of sexual violence are regulated in the Domestic Violence Law (KDRT), which only applies to victims and perpetrators who are categorized as family" (11-12).
March 5, 2025, 8:35 p.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2, LRCM-LAW-3
"While the Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code does not consider incest to be a crime, it criminalizes rape, for which the maximum penalty is linked to certain aggravating circumstances, including the following: 'the attacker is a guardian, legal representative or someone close to the family or in the victim’s environment, a minister, an education or health-care professional, or anyone with a duty of care towards the victim'. In 2019, following the amendments to the Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code, incestuous rape was criminalized in article 171.1: 'Any person who rapes a relative from an older, younger or the same generation, who is related by blood to the fourth degree or by marriage...more
Variables: LRCM-LAW-2, LRCM-LAW-3
"While the Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code does not consider incest to be a crime, it criminalizes rape, for which the maximum penalty is linked to certain aggravating circumstances, including the following: 'the attacker is a guardian, legal representative or someone close to the family or in the victim’s environment, a minister, an education or health-care professional, or anyone with a duty of care towards the victim'. In 2019, following the amendments to the Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code, incestuous rape was criminalized in article 171.1: 'Any person who rapes a relative from an older, younger or the same generation, who is related by blood to the fourth degree or by marriage...more
Feb. 11, 2025, 10:40 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest — sexual intercourse between immediate relatives — is illegal in the UK even if consensual. Marriages between certain blood relatives — as well as some step relationships — is also illegal" (para 33-34).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Incest — sexual intercourse between immediate relatives — is illegal in the UK even if consensual. Marriages between certain blood relatives — as well as some step relationships — is also illegal" (para 33-34).
Sept. 7, 2023, 12:33 p.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"[I]ncest rape is not a crime in Lebanese law" (para 32).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"[I]ncest rape is not a crime in Lebanese law" (para 32).
June 14, 2023, 7:56 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Pursuant to article 266 of the Consolidated Text of the Bolivian Criminal Code, under the nomen juris permissible abortion, no penalty shall apply when an abortion has been the result of an offence of rape, abduction not followed by marriage, statutory rape or incest" (25).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"Pursuant to article 266 of the Consolidated Text of the Bolivian Criminal Code, under the nomen juris permissible abortion, no penalty shall apply when an abortion has been the result of an offence of rape, abduction not followed by marriage, statutory rape or incest" (25).
April 1, 2023, 9:26 p.m.
Countries: Uzbekistan
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
...and in 2019 the legislation adopted included: the Protection of Victims, Witnesses and Other Participants in Criminal Proceedings Act of 14 January 2019…(4)(NF - CODER COMMENT - Though the law does not specifically mention incest, this law can be enacted when there is a threat to the witness and can involve multiple people including the witnesses, the victim's family, prosecutors, etc.).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
...and in 2019 the legislation adopted included: the Protection of Victims, Witnesses and Other Participants in Criminal Proceedings Act of 14 January 2019…(4)(NF - CODER COMMENT - Though the law does not specifically mention incest, this law can be enacted when there is a threat to the witness and can involve multiple people including the witnesses, the victim's family, prosecutors, etc.).
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).
Jan. 14, 2022, 6:24 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The law criminalizes rape of men or women... and other forms of violence, such as incest" (17).
Variables: LRCM-LAW-3
"The law criminalizes rape of men or women... and other forms of violence, such as incest" (17).