CRIMINAL LAW RESPONSE TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Kazneno pravo kao najrepresivniji dio pravnog sustava svake države oduvijek je svojim sankcijama reagiralo na seksualno nasilje. Pritom su se sadržaji ovih inkriminacija često mijenjali, a mijenjala se i kaznenopravna reakcija na takva ponašanja. Štoviše, može se reći da je upravo područje zaštite spolnih sloboda i spolnog morala unutar kaznenog prava podložno najčešćim izmjenama. Ove brojne normativne intervencije, osobito one novijeg datuma, dinamikom širenja ili sužavanja zone kažnjivosti u ovom području otvaraju nova pitanja i potiču stare dileme. Međutim, uz sve sporove, nejasnoće, nedorečenosti, nema nikakve sumnje da nasilni postupci u području spolnosti u bilo kojem obliku predstavljaju najgrublje nasrtaje na spolni integritet osobe i njezino spolno samoodređenje i kao takvi zahtijevaju društvenu reakciju putem kaznenopravnih sankcija.Criminal law, as the most repressive part of the legal system of each country, has always reacted with its sanctions to sexual violence. In this process the contents of these incriminations have often changed and the criminal law reaction to such behaviours has changed as well. Even more, it could be said that within criminal law precisely the field of protection of sexual freedom and sexual morals is subject to the most frequent changes. Numerous normative interventions, especially the recent ones, through the dynamics of widening or narrowing of the zone of punishability in this field, open new questions and stimulate old dilemmas. However, in spite of all disputes, unclearness, understatements, there is no doubt that violent behaviour in the area of sexuality in any form represents the most rude attack to sexual integrity of the person and his/her sexual selfdetermination, and as such demands social reaction through criminal sanctions