A demonstrator holds a placard reading “#MeToo is a revolt” during a protest to condemn violence against women, in Paris on Nov. 23, 2024. Credit - Jerome Gilles—NurPhoto/Getty Images France has ...

France has enshrined the definition of rape and sexual assault as any non-consensual sexual act, months after the trial of dozens of men over the rape and abuse of Gisèle Pelicot rattled the nation.

The penal code will now enshrine the principle of consent into the definition of the crime of rape, after France's Senate backed the measure in the final vote of a lengthy legislative process. The ...

Consent-based rape laws already exist in several European countries - Copyright AFP Carlos FABAL Consent-based rape laws already exist in several European countries ...

French lawmkers on Wednesday adopted a bill defining rape as any non-consensual sexual act, making the country the latest European nation to pass a consent-based law. The penal code will now enshrine ...

The final vote comes after members of France's lower house, the National Assembly, approved the bill Thursday by 155 votes to 31, paving the way for its adoption by the Senate. The measure defines ...