German Federal Minister of Justice Stefanie Hubig is proposing to significantly extend the statute of limitations for rape. She considers the current five-year period too short and regards a 20-year period as appropriate. Tagesschau ↗
The SPD politician says that victims of sexual violence should be better protected in the future. The change is meant to tighten the rules on criminal prosecution and create more time for reporting and investigating such acts. Under her proposal, rape would no longer become time-barred after five years, but only after two decades. n-tv ↗
Hubig is also pushing for a change in the approach to sexual criminal law. The basis is to be clear consent to sexual intercourse, that is, the principle that an explicit "yes" is decisive. This approach is meant to strengthen the protection of victims and more precisely define the boundary between consensual and non-consensual sexual conduct. Welt ↗
The proposal comes amid an ongoing debate about how criminal law should respond to sexual violence and what rules should apply to proving consent. Further developments will depend on political support for changes to sexual criminal law and on the specific form the planned legislative proposals ultimately take. Tagesspiegel ↗
Hubig wants to extend the statute of limitations for rape to 20 years
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