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Byline: By, Amelia Ward Emily Atack has opened up about times she's experienced situations that she says would now be recognised as rape. The Inbetweeners star and new mum, 34, [...]

HARRISBURG, PA -- The following information was released by the Pennsylvania State Senate, Republican Caucus: A bill sponsored by Sen. Wayne Langerholc, Jr. (R-35) to establish a statewide rape kit [...]

Byline: Samuel Montgomery Emily Atack has said a number of her past drunken sexual encounters could be considered rape, as she fronts a new campaign on consent. The actress, who [...]

| Akron Beacon Journal Vicki Miller-Cobb was raped in 1987 by a man who broke into her Akron, Ohio, home, tied her up while she held her baby, and sexually [...]

Byline: Pravrajya Suruchi The Supreme Court has said it listed for Tuesday pleas on the vexed legal question of whether a husband should enjoy immunity from prosecution for the offence [...]

Byline: Nilanjana Bhowmick in Delhi With a rape occurring every 16 minutes, violence is one of the biggest deterrents to women working in India. On the eve of India's independence [...]

FROM inquiring into how well companies are enforcing policies nd the law against sexual harassment, Sen. Robinhood C. Padilla is moving to a different kind of workplace: He wants a [...]

The Ministry of Law and Justice, in collaboration with the UK-Pakistan Serious Crime and Law Enforcement (UPSCALE) programme, organized a panel discussion to increase awareness of the Anti-Rape (Investigation and [...]

LAREDO, Texas -- The following information was released by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Laredo Port of Entry this weekend encountered a [...]

US Amendments in Rape Law (3 December 2023) Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 2023 Marital rape is a crime under the 2023 Act. The 2023 Act deletes the word 'unlawful' [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Texas Senator John Cornyn: U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the following statements after their legislation to reauthorize [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the office of Missouri Rep. Ann Wagner: The legislation provides funding to law enforcement to analyze untested rape kits Washington, D.C. -- [...]

UAE Introduces New Abortion Resolution: Here's What You Need to Know Three New Cases Permissible for Abortion, Conditions That Need to Be Met A new legislation, Cabinet Resolution No. (44) [...]

Prague, June 7 (CTK) - The definition of rape in the Czech Criminal Code will change from forcibly coerced sexual intercourse to a non-consensual one, as the stricter definition based [...]

Byline: Charlotte Caldwell May 21LIMA An Allen County Common Pleas Court jury heard opening statements and testimony from a victim for a jury trial involving a Lima man charged with [...]

Byline: Garrett Cabeza May 17Local law enforcement agencies on Thursday arrested a 49-year-old Rathdrum man tied to a 22-year-old kidnapping and rape case in California, according to a Kootenai County [...]

Byline: Mackenzi Klemann May 3CONTINENTAL Sarah Tucker reported her husband to law enforcement and prosecutors. She got the same response each time. ''I believe you, but there's nothing I can [...]

Byline: By, Izzy Hawksworth & Nia Dalton The daughter of a woman who was raped and stabbed to death by a sadistic murderer is still living in fear 30 years [...]

Byline: Constance Malleret Honduras is being taken to a global human rights body for the first time over its total abortion ban, which campaigners say violates women's fundamental rights and [...]

ALBAWABA- The UAE has issued a new law permitting abortion in cases of rape and incest, marking a significant shift in its reproductive rights regulations. Previously, abortions were allowed only [...]

Byline: Wina T. Sangala The death of a 16-year-old girl following rape by a Kabaza (motorcycle taxi) operator, as reported by The Daily Times on February 5, 2024, calls for [...]

An indictable offence is one which can be committed (or referred) to a higher court such as the District or Supreme Court, rather than remain and be finalised in the [...]

Introduction In a world that incessantly battles for gender equality and gender neutral rape laws, how can our legal system continue to overlook an entire segment of victims? Can justice [...]

Byline: Amrit Dhillon in New Delhi Once upon a time, Delhi's Commission for Women was regarded as a toothless, comatose body that few took seriously. Until Swati Maliwal took charge. [...]

Byline: Petula Dvorak 'You can't change what happened,' the judge told Kristen Hubbard. It was 1992, Hubbard was a college freshman and the survivor of a horrific crime that had [...]

An Anti-Rape Crisis Centre was established at Pakistan Institute of medical Sciences (PIMS) on Monday for survivors of sexual violence. The centre is established by the Ministry of Law and [...]

Byline: Mariya Shuaibu Suleiman PREMIUM TIMES reports on a rising trend of rape in Kano, the obstacles to justice for victims and the efforts being made by state and non-state [...]