#rape-law-reform

#rape-law-reform

The text signals a move "from a culture of rape to a culture of consent", centrist lawmaker Véronique Riotton said after the bill, which she co-sponsored, passed the lower house last week. Consent, the text says, must be "free and informed, specific, prior and revocable", and evaluated according to the circumstances, noting that it cannot be inferred from "silence or lack of reaction".