Sexual intercourse without consent in the light of national legislation

Stroge kazne za počinitelje seksualnih delikata bile su glavni mehanizam zaštite društva od pojedinaca koji su kršili postojeća pravila. U hrvatskom Kaznenom pravu, uvođenjem novog kaznenog djela spolnog odnošaja bez pristanka, njegovih modaliteta počinjenja te primjerično navedenih oblika, došlo je i do brojnih kritika od strane struke, ali i civilnog društva. Silovanje i spolni odnošaj bez pristanka karakterizira velika „tamna brojka“ jer žrtve iz straha od osude društva, stigmatizacije i brojnih drugih razloga, odbijaju prijaviti ta kaznena djela. Naposljetku, izmjenama i dopunama u 2020.godini, spolni odnošaj bez pristanka uklonjen je iz aktualnog Kaznenog zakona te uveden pod kazneno djelo silovanja u članak 153. KZ/11.Strict penalties for perpetrators of sexual offenses were a major mechanism to protect society from individuals who violated existing rules. In Croatian Criminal Law, with the introduction of a new criminal offense of sexual intercourse without consent, its modalities of commission and the aforementioned forms given as examples, there have been numerous criticisms from the profession, but also from civil society. Rape and sexual intercourse without consent are characterized by a large “dark number” because victims, for fear of public condemnation, stigmatization and many other reasons, refuse to report these crimes. Finally, with the amendments in 2020, sexual intercourse without consent was removed from the current Criminal Code and introduced under the criminal offense of rape in Article 153 of CC / 11