印度议员沙希·塔鲁尔(Shashi Tharoor)提出法案,将婚内强奸定为犯罪,敦促进行法律改革,保护妇女的身体自主权。
Indian MP Shashi Tharoor introduces bill to criminalize marital rape, urging legal reform to protect women's bodily autonomy.
印度国会议员沙希·塔鲁尔提出了一项法案,将婚内强奸定为犯罪,对《Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita法》中的法律漏洞提出质疑,该法免除了丈夫因与18岁以上妻子发生未经同意的性行为而受到起诉的权利。
Indian Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has introduced a bill to criminalize marital rape, challenging a legal loophole in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita that exempts husbands from prosecution for non-consensual sex with wives over 18.
Tharoor在加尔各答发言时称豁免已经过时, 强调婚姻并不抹杀妇女的身体自主权。
Speaking in Kolkata, Tharoor called the exemption outdated, emphasizing that marriage does not erase a woman’s right to bodily autonomy.
他批评政府中妇女对此问题缺乏行动,并着重指出,尽管印度有强有力的反强奸法律,但印度仍然是少数几个没有将婚内强奸视为刑事犯罪的民主国家之一。
He criticized the lack of action by women in government on the issue and highlighted that India remains one of few democracies not treating marital rape as a criminal offense, despite strong anti-rape laws.
该法案主张明确、肯定的同意,旨在使印度的法律符合现代的两性平等标准。
The bill advocates for clear, affirmative consent and aims to align India’s laws with modern gender equality standards.