The European Parliament has backed a consent-based definition of rape. But what constitutes rape under criminal law still ...

A resolution adopted by the European Parliament calls for a common definition of rape across the EU, stating that any sexual ...

The European Parliament has voted to support an EU-wide, consent-based definition of rape, urging the European Commission to propose legislation so that 'only yes means yes' applies across the bloc.

Under Indian criminal jurisprudence, consent must be voluntary and not obtained under fear of injury or a misconception of ...

Obtaining the informed consent of a potential human subject for participation in any research (whether an experiment, survey, interview, or demonstration) is a federally mandated safeguard for ...

"Half the states don't even have a definition of consent," says Erin Murphy, a professor at New York University School of Law who's involved in a project to rewrite a model penal code on sex assault. ...

LOS ANGELES — Many embrace "no means no." They have grown familiar with another three-word standard, "yes means yes." But America's college students are deeply divided on how to read the unspoken ...

For two months now, as accusations of sexual misconduct have piled up against Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced mogul has responded over and over again: "Any allegations of nonconsensual sex are ...