Consent: the text amending the criminal definition of rape adopted in committee in the Assembly

It will be discussed in the Chamber on 1 April, after a difficult drafting after a year of work and hearings.

Next week, the National Assembly is considering a bill that introduces consent into the definition of rape, but does it make Anne-Cécile Mailfert happy?

The Academy for the Development of Democracy (ADD) launched an initiative to change the legal definition of the crime of rape in the countries of the Western Balkans in order to improve the protection of victims.

On Wednesday, in committee, the deputies adopted a trans-party bill to revise the criminal definition of rape by incorporating the concept of consent. This text, of great symbolic significance, has been adopted by...

Members begin Wednesday, March 26, 2025 the examination in committee of a text aimed at reviewing the criminal characterization of rape, with the aim of incorporating the concept of consent. Since the definition of rape in French legislation in 1980, several amendments have already been made...

Paris - MEPs begin on Wednesday in the Law Committee the examination of a trans-party text aimed at changing the criminal definition of rape to include the concept of consent. This legal debate, with a strong symbolic scope, divides lawyers and feminist associations