EU agrees first law combatting violence against women

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EU's first gender-based violence law a 'big disappointment'

The EU has adopted a provisional agreement on a directive to combat violence against women, the first-ever EU rules to fight gender based violence. But it does not include rape as 'sex without consent', or a ban on forced sterilisation.

EU agrees law on violence against women. But rape is not included

There is no common definition of the crime of rape in the European Union's first ever law to combat violence against women, agreed between member states and lawmakers on Tuesday.

EU's first directive on violence against women agreed

The European Union's first directive on combatting violence against women has been agreed, but does not include the crime of rape.

Loi européenne sur le viol : pour les ONG, la France n’a pas été « à la hauteur »

Après l’abandon mardi d’un article d’une directive européenne qui définissait le viol sur la base de la notion de non-consentement, associations et élus pointent la France du doigt comme responsables de l’échec d’une proposition largement plébiscitée.