Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person who is incapable of giving valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, has an intellectual disability, or is below the legal age of consent. The term rape is sometimes used interchangeably with the term sexual assault.The rate of reporting, prosecuting and convicting for rape varies between jurisdictions. Internationally, the incidence of rapes recorded by the …
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Greens/EFA: The Greens/European Free Alliance · 3 June 2024 English
Summary of the activities carried out by the EFA Group during the 2019-2024 mandate.
in their life. Despite EFA tirelessly efforts, rape is still not considered as a Gender-based violence …
ActionAid Association (India) · 21 April 2024 English
Definition of Construction Workers The definition of construction workers in the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 should be amended and expanded in line with supply and value chains …
we need legislation to protect women from marital rape. Furthermore we need a central law against honour …
PNG NRI: PNG National Research Institute · 18 April 2024 English
The study reported in this paper is to review published and unpublished papers that focus on how to make services including those provided by a helpline available and accessible to …
in reporting violence, in particular, a case of rape. Thus, this may require targeted awareness and communications …
World Bank Group · 17 April 2024 English
In 2012 and in 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolutions urging the international community to intensify global efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). It also called upon …
in certain circumstances, including in cases of rape, domestic violence or harmful practices, among …
Amnesty International · 17 April 2024 English
The autonomous authorities of north-east Syria – with the support of the US government and other members of the coalition to defeat the Islamic State (IS) armed group – are …
trying to escape were severe and could include gang rape and denial of food.23 Some Yezidi women and girls …
Amnesty International · 17 April 2024 English
Estimated 56,000 men, women and children held in system of detention; most arbitrarily and indefinitely detained Torture methods include beatings, stress positions and electric shocks “The US government has played …
steel pipes, and they beat us everywhere… Every 15 days, they would take us out, in the yard, all naked… [The guards] were raping …
UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund · 17 April 2024 English
It is important to note that of material in maps do not imply the expression transgender men and non-binary people also experience pregnancy, and that gender-diverse people experience of any …
govern is of control and exploitation, including rape, to populate”), and it has been discouraged forced … 2009). Evidence also shows that restrictions from rape (Center for Reproductive Rights, n.d.). Inclusive … about one in four show that the sexual rights of rape victim”, she says. And they this network, Age-Friendly … people to grow old. Communities network. As part of rape victim”, she says. And they this network, Age-Friendly …
EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 17 April 2024 English
From 19 April to 1 June 2024, 968 million Indian voters are eligible to elect the members of the Lok Sabha (lower house). Voting is to take more than six …
early, and forced marriage, and femicide (marital rape is not illegal when the woman is older than 15) …
World Bank Group · 17 April 2024 English
Changes in the sentiment of migration-related news published in destination countries affect the timing of migrants’ journeys to these countries. Using geo-localized data on migrants in Libya and the complete …
security forces and militias, including torture, rape, extortion, forced labor, and extra-judicial execution …
Redress: Redress Trust · 17 April 2024 English
In its 21st session in 2019, the ILC recommended the Draft Articles to the General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA) with a view to develop a CAH Convention on …
imprisonment, enslavement, torture, deportation, rape, sexual slavery and other forms of sexual violence …