Working Group to Examine Legal Requirements to Amend Criminal Code

Brief Description

The Minister of Justice founded a working group to examine the legal requirements for changing the Criminal Code to include the absence of consent as a key element of rape crimes. Women’s organizations and women’s rights activists have advocated for amending the Criminal Code to include the absence of consent as a key element of rape crimes (the amendment of the law is also part of the Council for Gender Equality’s Government Programme Objectives for 2019–2023).