Editing Sexual consent (section)

=== Countries that switched from coercion-based to consent-based laws ===
[[File:Consent-based and coercion-based sexual violence legislation in Europe.svg|thumb|400px|{{legend|#00AA00|Coercion-based legislation}}
{{legend|#008080|Coercion-based legislation; consent-based amendment pending}}
{{legend|#0000FF|Consent-based legislation}}
{{legend|#800080|Mixed legislation}}]]
[[File:Nonconsensual penetrative sex laws by U.S. state map.svg|thumb|300px|{{legend|#00AA00|Coercion-based law (all penetrative sex)}}
{{legend|#008080|Consent-based law (anal and oral sex)}}
{{legend|#0000FF|Consent-based law (vaginal, anal and oral sex)}}]]
[[File:Nonconsensual non-penetrative sex laws by U.S. state map.svg|thumb|300px|{{legend|#00AA00|Coercion-based law (non-penetrative sex)}}
{{legend|#0000FF|Consent-based law (non-penetrative sex)}}]]
*1981: [[Republic of Ireland]] (amendment in February 2017)<ref name="AI2018"/>{{rp|11}}
*1989: [[Belgium]]<ref name="AI2018"/>{{rp|9}}<ref>[http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/1867/06/08/1867060850/justel Belgian Penal Code] Article 375 (introduced on 4 July 1989): 'Rape is every act of sexual penetration of any nature and by any means, committed against a person who did not consent to it. Consent is especially absent when the act is forced by means of violence, coercion (threats, surprise) or deception or enabled by an inferiority/infirmity (Dutch text: ''onvolwaardigheid''; French text: ''infirmité'') or a physical or mental deficiency on the part of the victim.'</ref>
*2000s: [[United Kingdom]]'s constituent countries:
**2003: [[England and Wales]]<ref name="AI2018"/>{{rp|11}}
**2008: [[Northern Ireland]]<ref name="AI2018"/>{{rp|11}}
**2009: [[Scotland]]<ref name="AI2018"/>{{rp|11}}
*November 2016: [[Germany]]<ref name="AI2018"/>{{rp|10}}<ref>[https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__177.html Strafgesetzbuch (StGB) § 177 Sexueller Übergriff; sexuelle Nötigung; Vergewaltigung]</ref>
*March 2018: [[Iceland]]<ref name="AI2018"/>{{rp|9}}
*May 2018: [[Sweden]]<ref name="AI2018"/>{{rp|9}}
*by October 2018: [[Montenegro]]<ref>'Paragraph 1 [of Article 204 of the Montenegrin Criminal Code] criminalises “anyone who performs sexual intercourse or a sexual act of equivalent nature without the person’s consent”. (...) Non-consensual sexual acts of a lesser nature seem to be, in principle, criminalised by Article 208.' {{Cite web |url=https://rm.coe.int/grevio-report-montenegro/16808e5614 |title=GREVIO Baseline Evaluation Report Montenegro |publisher=Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) |date=25 October 2018 |accessdate=15 May 2020}}</ref>{{rp|45}}
*[[Canada]]<ref name="New Zealand"/>
*[[Cyprus]]<ref name="AI2018"/>{{rp|9}}
*[[Luxembourg]]<ref name="AI2018"/>{{rp|9}}
*[[New Zealand]]<ref name="New Zealand">"New Zealand’s Crimes Act, 1961 s. 128 also defines rape essentially as penetration by penis without consent, while a sexual violation in general is defined as unlawful sexual connection without consent." {{Cite web |url=https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/cj-jp/victim/rr14_01/p10.html |title=An Estimation of the Economic Impact of Violent Victimization in Canada, 2009 |publisher=Department of Justice of Canada |accessdate=2 May 2020}}</ref>