sexual assault

Governments must do more to prevent slavery and exploitation during COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk that people at the edges of society will be pushed into slavery, trafficking and/or sexual exploitation, and governments must do more to protect them, say UN human rights experts

Iran: 42% of Iranian LGBTI are victims of sexual violence and rape

62% of Iranian LGBTI experience one or more forms of violence perpetuated by their immediate family; nearly 30% of them experience sexual violence and more than 77% of them physical violence; close to 38% of them are under pressure for forced marriage.

Haiti: Sexual harassment enters Haitian criminal law

The new Haitian penal code was published by decree in the official journal of the Republic "Le Moniteur" on June 24, 2020. If it only comes into force in 24 months, it nevertheless introduces many changes that we must keep an eye on. With this new legal instrument, sexual harassment as well as moral harassment make their entry into Haitian criminal legislation.

Haiti: Update from the authors of the new Penal Code

Following many criticisms and heated debates, Le Nouvelliste publishes below the defense produced by the former members of the Presidential Commission for the reform of justice. They are the authors of the new Penal Code. Masters Jean Joseph Exumé, Sibylle Théard Mevs, René Magloire, Jean Vandal, Williams Allonce, Florence Mathieu and Edwin Coq provide details on the context which gave birth to the code and on the text itself. This piece does not put an end to the exchanges but sheds a new light on them like any lawyer.

Sexual Violence in Conflict

We meet today to find effective ways to turn commitments into compliance, and resolutions into results. We meet in the spirit of pursuing a survivor-centered approach, which ensures that survivors of wartime sexual violence will not be forgotten, even in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic that has captured the attention of the world.

China: Civil code defines, bans sexual harassment

Having spent more than 10 years providing legal services to people dealing with sexual harassment, lawyer Lyu Xiaoquan received some good news at the end of April-he learned that such harassment would be officially banned and a definition would be included in China's first civil code.