Servile marriage 2012, para. 59
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- In many countries, there is a widespread belief, which also finds expression in law, that a husband is entitled to sexual intercourse and may insist on this entitlement by force. There is a growing trend by countries to repeal such laws, however. For example, Ghana, after much public debate and consultation with stakeholders, amended its legislation in order to protect women from marital rape and enacted new legislation criminalizing physical, sexual and physiological abuse, intimidation, threats and harassment between spouses, other intimate partners and former partners, among others (A/HRC/7/6/Add. 3, paras. 37 and 74).
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 59
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