Sexual assault, harassment laws to get stricter: Justice Min
5 years, 7 months ago

Sexual assault, harassment laws to get stricter: Justice Min

NL Times  

The Netherlands is implementing stricter laws around sex crimes, according to a new legislative proposal Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus of Justice and Security announced. Under the new law you can be punished both if you know the other person did not want to have sex, and if you could have known that. When in doubt, the person initiating sexual acts has the duty to ask whether the other person is okay with what is happening, under the new law, NOS reports. That means that the Public Prosecutor will no longer have to prove that the victim explicitly said no, resisted or could not evade sexual acts.

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Some 12% of the Dutch are victims of sexual harassment
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Some 12% of the Dutch are victims of sexual harassment

Dutch News  

Over 1.7 million people in the Netherlands aged 16 and over have recently been victims of sexual harassment, often online, a CBS survey into sexual harassment and domestic violence has shown. Some 8%, equivalent to 1.2 million people, were victims of offline sexual intimidation, such as hurtful sexually suggestive comments or jokes. Around 5% of the respondents said they had …

The Netherlands punishes ‘stealthing’: What is this sex crime and which countries have made it illegal?
1 year, 10 months ago

The Netherlands punishes ‘stealthing’: What is this sex crime and which countries have made it illegal?

Firstpost  

A post-Me Too world put consent in the spotlight. Representational picture/Reuters A 2017 paper “‘Rape-Adjacent’: Imagining Legal Responses to Nonconsensual Condom Removal” written by Alexandra Brodsky, a civil rights litigator and a legal fellow for the National Women’s Law Center in the United States, spoke about how “stealthing” is a “grave violation of dignity and autonomy”. In the first conviction …

Rape reports rarely lead to prison; Less than 10% convicted
2 years, 8 months ago

Rape reports rarely lead to prison; Less than 10% convicted

NL Times  

Victims of rape and other sex crimes have little chance of getting their attacker convicted in the Netherlands. Less than ten percent of victims who go to the police to report a rape see a perpetrator convicted, NRC reports based on figures from the police and Public Prosecution Service. The average waiting time of two years is psychologically taxing on …

750,000 NL residents victims of online sexual harassment last year
3 years, 3 months ago

750,000 NL residents victims of online sexual harassment last year

NL Times  

Last year over 5 percent of Netherlands residents aged 16 or older were the victim of online sexual harassment. Online sexual harassment most often took the form of sexually offensive comments or jokes and unwanted nude photos or videos, with 2 percent of Netherlands residents over the age of 16 experiencing this. But young women were the most popular target …

New law increases maximum prison sentence for rape to 9 years
3 years, 10 months ago

New law increases maximum prison sentence for rape to 9 years

NL Times  

Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus of Justice and Security announced the penalties for the changes he wants to make to the law on involuntary sex and rape. The penalty for sexual harassment on the street or online will be up to three months in prison, the departing Justice Minister said, NOS reports. Grapperhaus announced in May 2019 that he was working on …

All non-consensual sex to be classed as rape in new law
4 years, 2 months ago

All non-consensual sex to be classed as rape in new law

Dutch News  

All forms of non-consensual sex will now be classed as rape following criticism of draft legislation introducing ‘sex against a person’s will’ as a different offence and carrying a lighter penalty. Justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus initially included the offence because in current Dutch law, rape is only rape if force or violence can be proven in court. While punishing those …

Non-consensual Sex to be Tried as Rape: Denmark Brings in Landmark Law against Sexual Violence
4 years, 4 months ago

Non-consensual Sex to be Tried as Rape: Denmark Brings in Landmark Law against Sexual Violence

News 18  

In a landmark decision, Denmark will be changing the country’s sexual violence laws to allow sex without explicit consent to be prosecuted as rape. Under a deal reached by Denmark’s minority Social Democratic government and the left-wing parties, Danish law would specify that sexual consent must be given voluntarily and as an expression of an individual’s free will through words …

Rape suspects rarely prosecuted; no maximum sentences in 3 years: report
4 years, 11 months ago

Rape suspects rarely prosecuted; no maximum sentences in 3 years: report

NL Times  

Suspects of rape are rarely prosecuted in the Netherlands, and those who are often get away with a low sentence. Over the past three years, the courts in the Netherlands never imposed the maximum sentence for rape - 12 years in prison, AD reports based on figures requested from the police, the judiciary and the court about sexual offenses in …

Amsterdam steps up fight against sexual harassment, violence
4 years, 11 months ago

Amsterdam steps up fight against sexual harassment, violence

NL Times  

Amsterdam is stepping up the fight against sexual harassment and -violence against women and girls. With a campaign and several other measures, the Amsterdam mayor and aldermen want to make clear to victims that they are not alone, and to perpetrators that sexual harassment and gender-based violence are unacceptable, the city said in a press release on Tuesday. A smaller …

Law Changes 2020: Justice, Security and Defense
5 years ago

Law Changes 2020: Justice, Security and Defense

NL Times  

The Dutch government is implementing a large number of rules, regulations, and law changes at the stroke of midnight on January 1. Below is a summary of changes made in the category Justice, Security and Defense: Revenge porn is a punishable offense in the Netherlands from next year. Those who distribute private sexual image material which could potentially harm the …

Rotterdam's street sex harassment ban violates freedom of expression: Court ruling
5 years ago

Rotterdam's street sex harassment ban violates freedom of expression: Court ruling

NL Times  

The Rotterdam ban on sexual harassment on the street - sometimes also referred to as the cat-calling ban - is contrary to freedom of expression, the court in The Hague ruled on Thursday. In 2017, Rotterdam and Amsterdam made sexual harassment on the street punishable under a General Local Regulation. To investigate whether the criminalization via a General Local Regulation …

Big cities worried that new sex work law could harm ‘vulnerable’ sex workers
5 years, 1 month ago

Big cities worried that new sex work law could harm ‘vulnerable’ sex workers

Dutch News  

Five major Dutch cities are concerned that a proposed law to regulate sex work nationally could have negative consequences for ‘vulnerable’ groups. It is with these people that abuses occur more often, and efforts must be made to reach out to them.’ The mayors believe that the new sex work law – which would criminalise unlicensed sex workers, the customers …

Big cities worried that new sex work law could harm ‘vulnerable’ sex workers
5 years, 1 month ago

Big cities worried that new sex work law could harm ‘vulnerable’ sex workers

Dutch News  

Five major Dutch cities are concerned that a proposed law to regulate sex work nationally could have negative consequences for ‘vulnerable’ groups. It is with these people that abuses occur more often, and efforts must be made to reach out to them.’ The mayors believe that the new sex work law – which would criminalise unlicensed sex workers, the customers …

Three arrested after sexually harassing undercover police officers in Amsterdam
5 years, 6 months ago

Three arrested after sexually harassing undercover police officers in Amsterdam

Dutch News  

Three men have been arrested for sexual intimidation after undercover policewomen were drafted in to deal with complaints from women who had been harassed while jogging or walking round the Sloterplas lake in western Amsterdam. The police officers, some wearing sports clothes, were brought in after a survey of 131 people found 51 had been subjected to some form of …

Fewer crimes registered in NL, but more sex crimes
5 years, 11 months ago

Fewer crimes registered in NL, but more sex crimes

NL Times  

The total number of crimes registered by the Dutch police in 2018 decreased by 6 percent compared to the year before, Statistics Netherlands reports. The police registered almost 9 thousand sexual offenses like rape, sexual harassment or -assault last year, compared to 8,400 in 2017. And the number of sexual assault reports increased from 1,700 in 2015 to 2,400 last …

Rotterdam man fined in first ever conviction for sexual harassment on the street
6 years ago

Rotterdam man fined in first ever conviction for sexual harassment on the street

NL Times  

The Rotterdam court convicted and punished someone for sexual harassment on the street for the first time. Everon El F., 36, was given two conditionally suspended fines of 100 euros each for harassing eight women in two separate incidents during the summer, NU.nl reports. That's why he said things like "Hey beautiful lady" and "Hey baby" to the women. The …

Investigation launched into how Dutch police, Prosecutor treat sex crime victims
6 years ago

Investigation launched into how Dutch police, Prosecutor treat sex crime victims

NL Times  

The Justice and Security Inspectorate is launching an investigation into how the police and Public Prosecution Service treat victims of sexual offenses. The Inspectorate will approach 80 victims of rape and sexual assault and hopes to speak to at least 55 of them about how the authorities treated them while handling their cases, NOS reports. Communication with the victim was …

Rotterdam more actively fighting sexual harassment than Amsterdam: report
6 years, 4 months ago

Rotterdam more actively fighting sexual harassment than Amsterdam: report

NL Times  

Two years ago Amsterdam adopted a proposal which made sexual harassment on the street a punishable offense, but since then the municipality has done little to address the problem. In Rotterdam an app called STOPapp was created with which sexual harassment on the street can be reported to enforces. "It is important that we are responding to it", Leefbaar Rotterdam …

Experts call for stricter sex crime law in Netherlands
6 years, 5 months ago

Experts call for stricter sex crime law in Netherlands

NL Times  

As more European countries are implementing laws under which sex without explicit consent is considered rape, calls are sounding in the Netherlands to introduce a similar law. A stricter sex crime law could be a solution for such cases. The government is currently working on a new sex crime law. It is not yet clear whether this law will define …

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