Sweden plans change in law to require explicit consent before sexual contact | World news | The Guardian

peter.suber's bookmarks 2017-12-23

Summary:

"Under current Swedish law someone can be prosecuted for rape only if it has been proved that they used threats or violence. Under the proposal, rape could be proved if the accuser hadn’t given their explicit verbal agreement or clearly demonstrate their desire to engage in sexual activity...."

Link:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/20/sweden-to-move-burden-of-proof-in-rape-cases-from-claimant-to-the-accused-explicit-consent

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Tags:

consent sweden rape consent.manifestations sex legislation

Date tagged:

12/23/2017, 14:00

Date published:

12/23/2017, 08:59