After dozens of men were convicted of raping a drugged Gisèle Pelicot, lawmakers moved to require that consent be given for ...

French lawmakers are debating a major change to how rape is defined in the country’s penal code – an amendment that would ...

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A bill 'aiming at modifying the legal definition of rape and sexual assault' will be examined on first reading at the ...

A trial that has shocked France took a dramatic turn this ... fact that the definition of rape in French law does not mention ...

Gisèle Pélicot arrives at the Avignon court house, in Avignon, southern France on Tuesday ... In French law, rape is defined as an act of sexual penetration by violence, coercion, threat or surprise.

Here in France, a proposal to change the wording of France's laws in regard to rapre goes to a commision of MPs starting today. Hotely debated, the next bill would add the notion of consent to the ...

Norway aims to define rape on the basis of lack of consent, instead of the law's current focus on violence, threats or taking ...

Nearly a quarter-century after the French government passed a law mandating — but never putting in place — sex education for ...