Mexico's Highest Court Rules that Marital Rape is a Crime

In good news on the human rights front, the Supreme Court of Mexico, on November 16th, overturned a 1994 decision that held that forced sexual relations within a marriage was not a crime.


The article from the New York Times notes:

"Only a few countries in the world do not recognize rape within marriage as a crime; India and Malaysia are the two most prominent examples. But the change in laws is relatively recent. In the United States, it was not a crime in all states until 1993. "

Click here to read an article on this news story from the New York Times.

--JB