After dozens of men were convicted of raping a drugged Gisèle Pelicot, lawmakers moved to require that consent be given for ...

French lawmakers are debating a major change to how rape is defined in the country’s penal code – an amendment that would ...

After enduring a highly publicised trial that recounted her harrowing experience of being drugged and raped by over four ...

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A bill 'aiming at modifying the legal definition of rape and sexual assault' will be examined on first reading at the ...

A trial that has shocked France took a dramatic turn this ... fact that the definition of rape in French law does not mention ...

As the French Parliament debates adding the notion of consent to the penal code, Genie Godula welcomes Cécile SIMMONS, ...

Gisèle Pélicot arrives at the Avignon court house, in Avignon, southern France on Tuesday ... In French law, rape is defined as an act of sexual penetration by violence, coercion, threat or surprise.

Nearly a quarter-century after the French government passed a law mandating — but never putting in place — sex education for ...

The French actor is facing trial in Paris after being accused of sexual assault by two women, allegations he has denied.