French parliament considers adding consent to rape law in penal code

The current legislation to condemn rape is not only appropriate, but also particularly effective in suppressing sexual acts with penetration imposed on women as well as men by violence, and in this respect, it is also... Read more Randall Schwerdorffer: Of the usefulness and dangerousness of the law on consent has appeared first on Current Values.

Many countries require consent to be given prior to sexual intercourse and have included it in their law on rape. France is about to follow suit thanks to the work of two elected women: the National Assembly has passed a bill that expands the definition of rape to include non-consensual penetration.

Explained: France's 'consent-based' changes to rape laws

France's current rape laws specify that prosecutors must prove that "violence, coercion, threats or surprise" took place - but now the country's politicians are debating a new law that enshrines the notion of consent.

The lower house has approved an amendment that introduces the notion of 'consent', after a debate that lasted years and which influenced the trial of Gisèle Pelicot

Discussed this Tuesday, April 1st in the National Assembly, the addition of the concept of consent in the criminal definition of rape provokes debate. Some welcome a major legal breakthrough, while others...

On Tuesday at first reading, MPs adopted a bill incorporating non-consentation into the criminal definition of rape, a text with a strong symbolic scope but which divides lawyers and feminist associations. ...