Kaul delves into the fundamental asymmetry embedded within the very structure of gender organisation, where masculinity is ...

Free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) flows from Indigenous Peoples’ self ... One-size-fits-all, a box to check, or something to “get to”. Indigenous Peoples define the processes and protocols that ...

Norway aims to define rape on the basis of lack of consent, instead of the law's current ... All sexual relations must be based on the free will of those involved, as is already the case in ...

Earlier this week, Human Rights Watch sent a letter to French government officials urging them to agree to the consent-based definition and to take a leading role in negotiations. “While we ...

For decades, Japanese law said children as young as 13 were old enough to consent to sexual activities ... the victim was unable to resist. But that definition largely ignored the complex reality ...

Would the introduction of the notion of consent increase the ... leaving judges free to interpret these concepts. Above all, this definition is lacking from an evidential standpoint: How, for ...

House Bill 5441 further defines consent in regards to victims who are intoxicated at the time of their assault. The law amends Illinois Criminal Code to specify that someone is unable to give ...

Yes. Here is a sampling. In Canada, the definition of rape has included affirmative consent since 1983. In Europe, the real push to include consent in the penal code occurred after the arrival of ...

Should consent be introduced into the legal definition of rape? And how? The question has been debated in France's feminist and political circles for several months. Now, it is being put to the ...