France becomes another country that has adopted consent-based definitions of rape. Others include Sweden, Germany and Spain.

The debate over the change in legislation gained renewed urgency following the mass rape trial which shocked France last year ...

French lawmkers on Wednesday adopted a bill defining rape as any non-consensual sexual act, making the country the latest ...

Following Gisèle Pélicot's landmark case, French lawmakers voted to change the legal definition of sexual assault and rape on ...

Paris: French lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill that defines rape as any sexual act carried out without consent, making ...

French senators are on Wednesday expected to back a bill defining rape as any non-consensual sexual act, making France the ...

On October 29, 2025, France’s Senate passed groundbreaking legislation that fundamentally redefines rape and sexual assault in the country’s criminal code. The law, approved unanimously with 327 votes ...

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On 17 September, 1981, Badinter, then France’s justice minister, stood before the National Assembly and declared: “Those who believe in the deterrent effect of the death penalty misunderstand human ...

French lawmakers have passed a law redefining what constitutes rape. The move comes in the wake of the Gisele Pelicot case, ...

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