The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) has removed a video, filmed as part of its We-Consent campaign, from its social media pages following criticism, as well as intervention from Ireland's Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan. The DRCC video shows two…
Alaska’s backlog of untested sexual assault examination kits has all but disappeared after a five-year, multimillion-dollar effort, according to a report that will be formally presented to the Alaska Legislature on Tuesday. The kits, colloquially known as “rape kits,” are…
A trip to Red Rocks Amphitheatre to celebrate a 10th wedding anniversary ended with a North Carolina woman detained for 11 hours in Denver’s “drunk tank” — and a $670 bill for her stay. It’s been nearly a decade since Leigh Ann Midgett asked…
The first of five new laws to protect women and girls is due to come into force within weeks. While it is an offence to threaten to kill, rape or cause someone serious physical injury, from 1 December the law in…
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the State of Tripura on a public interest litigation (PIL) petition challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of Tripura’s Jamatia Customary Laws Act, 2017, which allegedly allows rape cases to be settled…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Tripura government and the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the Jamatia Customary Law Act, 2017. A bench…
Inbox.lv Irish sexual assault group withdraw advert on grandparents hugging children - why? An Irish advert promoting consent has been withdrawn after complaints about its depictions of grandparents hugging and kissing their grandkids.
The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) has removed a social media advertisement about consent featuring grandparents hugging their grandchildren. The video depicted a young girl being uncomfortable receiving a hug from her grandparents. Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan said the…
Rajasthan High Court invoked the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) signed between Indian and the USA, read with Section 110 of BNSS, for ascertaining the whereabouts and serving notice to a woman in a rape case who was stated to have…
Whether crimes motivated by hostility towards someone’s sex should attract tougher sentences is among the questions Islanders are being asked in a consultation on hate-crime legislation. The government is seeking views on whether sex should be a protected characteristic under…
Rape-kit backlogs and testing, consent and sexual-assault laws, statutes of limitations and survivors' rights.
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