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By Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic Reporting from Paris Many countries require that consent be given before sex — and have written that into their rape laws. France is not among them.

French lawmakers are debating a major change to how rape is defined in the country’s penal code – an amendment that would make it clear that sex without consent is a crime.

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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 ...

France24 - Video French parliament debates rape law to add notion of consent to penal code Posted: March 26, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025 Here in France, a proposal to change the wording of ...

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.

As the French Parliament debates adding the notion of consent to the penal code, Genie Godula welcomes Cécile SIMMONS, Researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Her focus is on misogyny ...

In Sweden, a sexual consent law, which treats rape as any non-consensual sexual act ... Greece and Denmark also has ...

Question of consent Gisèle is at the centre of the most significant rape trial France has seen in decades ... a professor of criminal law at the University of Nanterre. “Their whole life ...