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Croatia - Rape

This resource includes the legal definitions of different types of gender-based violence used in EU Member States, according to their legal terminology and national legislation. It was last updated in 2019 and makes a reference to the United Kingdom as a member state of the European Union.

Content type
Legal definition
Country
Croatia
Topics
  • Violence
  • Justice

Whoever coerces another by force or by threat of immediate attack upon his life or limb, or the life or limb of a person close to him, to sexual intercourse or an equivalent sexual act shall be punished by imprisonment for three to ten years.

Legal provisions on protection orders

Criminal Code, Article 65:

  • Mandatory psychiatric treatment;
  • Mandatory treatment of addiction;
  • Mandatory psychosocial treatment;
  • Restraining order;
  • Removal from common household

Legal Source

Criminal Code,Article 188

Observations

Special circumstances (in the same legal provision):

  • Whoever commits the criminal offense referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article in a particularly cruel or humiliating way, or if on the same occasion a number of perpetrators perform a number of acts of sexual intercourse or equivalent sexual acts against the same victim shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three years.
  • If, by the criminal offense referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article, the death of the raped person is caused, or serious bodily injury is inflicted on the raped person or his health is severely impaired, or the (raped) female becomes impregnated, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three years.
  • If the criminal offense referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article is committed against a juvenile, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three years.
  • If the criminal offense referred to in Paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article is committed against a juvenile, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five years.
  • If the criminal offense referred to in Paragraph 2 of this Article causes the consequences referred to in Paragraph 3 of this Article, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five years.

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