Seksuele toestemming in het nieuwe seksueel strafrecht : onvolkomen, inconsistente en aarzelende progressie
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- Gert Vermeulen (UGent)
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- Abstract
- The new Belgian criminal law on sexual offences has shifted away from moral order, in favour of the concept of self-determination regarding sexual integrity. The concomitant decision to introduce a single affirmative consent definition in respect to several punishable sexual acts, irrespective of whether they involve penetration, in which consent must be freely given and revocable and cannot be derived from mere passivity of the victim, is a significant step forward. Even better would have been to introduce an overarching notion of consent for the entirety of sexual offences, according to which sexual consent must have also been prior, informed, unambiguous and specific. Despite the new definition, the renewed sexual offending legislation lacks coherence as regards consent issues. The phrasing of the consent-related constituent element in the various sexual offences is highly variable and at times insufficiently reflects the new consent notion. Hence, the core offences – violation of sexual integrity and rape – remain within the sphere of acting against the will of a victim, while it should have sufficed that, without shifting the burden of proof, there is no indication that the victim has given affirmative consent, not even implicitly or non-verbally.
- Keywords
- Sexual violence, Sexual consent, Penal law
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- Vermeulen, Gert. “Seksuele Toestemming in Het Nieuwe Seksueel Strafrecht : Onvolkomen, Inconsistente En Aarzelende Progressie.” Seksuele Autonomie, Normativiteit, Exploitatie En Deviantie : Criminologische En Juridische Verkenningen, edited by Gert Vermeulen et al., Gompel&Svacina, 2022, pp. 25–45.
- APA
- Vermeulen, G. (2022). Seksuele toestemming in het nieuwe seksueel strafrecht : onvolkomen, inconsistente en aarzelende progressie. In G. Vermeulen, L. Byn, & S. De Coensel (Eds.), Seksuele autonomie, normativiteit, exploitatie en deviantie : criminologische en juridische verkenningen (pp. 25–45). Antwerpen: Gompel&Svacina.
- Chicago author-date
- Vermeulen, Gert. 2022. “Seksuele Toestemming in Het Nieuwe Seksueel Strafrecht : Onvolkomen, Inconsistente En Aarzelende Progressie.” In Seksuele Autonomie, Normativiteit, Exploitatie En Deviantie : Criminologische En Juridische Verkenningen, edited by Gert Vermeulen, Laura Byn, and Stéphanie De Coensel, 25–45. Antwerpen: Gompel&Svacina.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Vermeulen, Gert. 2022. “Seksuele Toestemming in Het Nieuwe Seksueel Strafrecht : Onvolkomen, Inconsistente En Aarzelende Progressie.” In Seksuele Autonomie, Normativiteit, Exploitatie En Deviantie : Criminologische En Juridische Verkenningen, ed by. Gert Vermeulen, Laura Byn, and Stéphanie De Coensel, 25–45. Antwerpen: Gompel&Svacina.
- Vancouver
- 1.Vermeulen G. Seksuele toestemming in het nieuwe seksueel strafrecht : onvolkomen, inconsistente en aarzelende progressie. In: Vermeulen G, Byn L, De Coensel S, editors. Seksuele autonomie, normativiteit, exploitatie en deviantie : criminologische en juridische verkenningen. Antwerpen: Gompel&Svacina; 2022. p. 25–45.
- IEEE
- [1]G. Vermeulen, “Seksuele toestemming in het nieuwe seksueel strafrecht : onvolkomen, inconsistente en aarzelende progressie,” in Seksuele autonomie, normativiteit, exploitatie en deviantie : criminologische en juridische verkenningen, G. Vermeulen, L. Byn, and S. De Coensel, Eds. Antwerpen: Gompel&Svacina, 2022, pp. 25–45.
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