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The law considers forced marriage a form of sexual violence and outlaw it, with offenders can be sentenced to a maximum imprisonment of 9 years and/or face a maximum fine of Rp200 million. Included as forms of forced marriage are child marriage, forcing rape victims to marry the rapists, and forcing people to marry in the name of local customs.
Article 227 states the offender's prosecution or sentence is suspended if he marries his victim. [43] The proposal to repeal the law was approved by Parliament on 26 July 2017. [135] Turkey: 2005 [136] Turkey's rape-marriage law was repealed in 2005, as part of efforts to join the European Union. In November 2016, a government plan to reinstate ...
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First and second degree sexual assault carries a maximum prison sentence of 30 and 20 years, [50] [51] respectively, while 10 years is the maximum sentence for marital rape. [52] In order to prosecute, the married victim must report the rape within 30 days, even if they are living separately from their spouse.
A lawful marriage legitimizes the conjugal act itself, so "marital rape" is a contradiction in terms. While a physical assault against a spouse may be charged, such is distinct from the delegitimization of conjugal union itself as rape. Marriage then should not be defined as an "exemption" to rape but as "contradictory" to it.
As my marriage fell apart, I would often fall asleep in my sewing room chair and stumble into bed in the wee hours of the morning. It was the only space in the house that felt safe. My husband ...
Hussein's legal team was given two weeks to appeal the sentence. [2] In June 2018, Sudan commuted her sentence to five years in prison and a restitution payment of 337,000 Sudanese pounds (US $18,700). [3] She was forced into marriage at age 16; [4] the marriage was arranged when she was 15.
A forced marriage is the opposite. There is no complete and free consent.” (Kassis, 2023). [28] Ultimately, the critical distinction between forced and arranged marriages lies in the presence or absence of consent. Forced marriage represents a violation of individual autonomy and human rights, characterized by coercion and lack of consent.