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Dec 18, 2020 Denmark toughened its rape law Thursday by criminalizing sex without explicit consent, a long-awaited victory for assault survivors and human rights groups. In order to bring a rape charge, the law previously required proof of violence, threat or evidence that the victim was unable to fend off the assault. But the new legislation broadens the definition. “Now it becomes clear that if both parties do not agree to sex, then it is rape,” Justice Minister Nick Haekkerup said after lawmakers unanimously approved the measure, which takes effect Jan. 1. Denmark regularly leads indexes on gender equality and access to justice. Its sexual assault laws already criminalized marital rape, and the legal definition of rape includes acts other than sexual intercourse.
Denmark: Reform recognizes sex without consent as rape Sex without consent is rape — but the principle is lacking in many legal frameworks in countries across Europe. Denmark is seeking to change this, with parliament approving a reform that gives new power to the word "no." Of the 80,000 rapes that were reported to EU police in 2015, around nine out of 10 victims were women and girls. It was the middle of the night when Kirstine Holst was awoken by a man coming into her room. He tried to have sex with her even though she repeatedly asked him to stop. "I didn't know what was happening. We have never had any romantic interaction and he wasn't accepting that I said no to him. And then he put his arm around my throat, and I realized my life was in danger," she tells DW.
Denmark Toughens Rape Law to Include Sex Without Consent Rights groups and assault survivors welcomed the change, saying it was long overdue in a country that prides itself on gender equality. An International Women’s Day rally in Copenhagen in 2017.Credit...Nikolai Linares/Scanpix Denmark, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Dec. 17, 2020 Denmark toughened its rape law on Thursday by criminalizing sex without explicit consent, a long-awaited victory for assault survivors and human rights groups. In order to bring a rape charge, the law previously required proof of violence, threat or evidence that the victim was unable to fend off the assault. But the new legislation broadens the definition.
Denmark's Rape Law is Now Consent-Based. It Took a Movement | Opinion Helle Jacobsen On 12/17/20 at 6:46 AM EST As a human rights activist there are moments where we feel things shift. One of those moments came last year during a meeting with Denmark's then Justice Minister, Søren Pape Poulsen. I was there to discuss with him our Amnesty International's Let's Talk About Yes campaign to urge the government to change Denmark's antiquated rape laws. These laws have left thousands of women unable to access justice—women like the two survivor activists who were with me at the meeting. I remember watching the Minister's face as one of the survivors described in heart-rending detail how she was failed at every stage of the Danish justice system after she reported being raped by a friend in 2018.