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Bill for a Change in the German Penal Code - Persecution of Female Genital Mutilation

Entwurf eines ... Strafrechtsänderungsgesetzes - Strafbarkeit der Verstümmelung weiblicher Genitalien (... StrÄndG)

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Country: Germany
Section:
Female Genital Mutilation
Topics:
Health, Violence
Types of GBV:
Female Genital Mutilation
Start date:
2010
Publication date:
01 January 2010
The information was last updated in 2013 and may not accurately represent the present situation. It makes a reference to the United Kingdom as a member of the European Union and was published before the UK's withdrawal from the European Union on the 31 January 2020. 

The federal states of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland apply for the introduction of a criminal offense for genital mutilation, the beginning of the period of limitation by age of majority of the victim and admission to the 'Acts committed abroad' catalogue, adapting the criminal regulations concerning eligibility for a co-plaintiff as well as appointment of a lawyer; change § § 5, 78b and 226a Criminal Code § 227 and insert and modify § § 395 and 397a Criminal Procedure Code

Policy Framework

Issuer

German Federal Assembly

Source

Website of the German Bundesrat (www.bundesrat.de) - (867/09) Beschluss http://www.bundesrat.de/cln_228/nn_8336/SharedDocs/Drucksachen/2009/0801...

Metadata

Type:
Policy / Legislation
Language:
German
Types of GBV:
Female Genital Mutilation
Keywords:
female genital mutilation
gender-based violence
policy framework