The law prohibits discrimination against persons with physical, sensory, mental and intellectual disabilities. The law requires access to public buildings and transport for people with disabilities, but changes to public and private structures to improve access have been slow, and some public transport stations and buildings – especially older buildings – are inaccessible, especially in rural areas. The Act provides for social assistance and pre-school, primary, secondary and vocational education programmes for children with disabilities. Children with physical, sensory, intellectual and intellectual disabilities are entitled to tailor-made educational programmes with professional support and additional resources. Depending on their individual needs, some children attend school (up to high school) with peers without disabilities, while others attend separate schools. It also provides work and independent living resources for adults with disabilities. The government continued to implement laws and programs to enable persons with disabilities to have access to education, employment, health services, buildings, information, communications, the justice system, transportation, and other government services. In general, the government has implemented these provisions effectively. Vatican City requires its laws to operate in accordance with Catholic canon law. Within Vatican City and the Catholic faith, any sexual intercourse outside the sacrament of marriage is illegal, regardless of the age or will of those who participate in it. [167] Section 155 states that sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 16 committed by a person over the age of 18 is punishable. In addition, according to Article 152 (since January 2019), sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 14 (regardless of their voluntary consent) constitutes rape.
The law no longer refers to the notion of “sexual maturity” that existed in the previous legal framework. [139] “It is shocking that Slovenia is only the thirteenth country in Europe to acknowledge the mere fact that sex without consent constitutes rape,” said Amnesty International`s director. In October, the Office of the Equality Lawyer filed a lawsuit against the Slovenian Association of Bicycle Commissioners for alleged age discrimination. The statutes of the Association of Bicycle Commissioners do not allow people over 70 to work, and the association automatically dismisses one of its employees at the age of 70. The Office of the Equality Lawyer brought the action on behalf of the individual, and the case remained pending. Rape and domestic violence: Rape of men and women, including marital rape and domestic violence, is illegal. Sexual violence is a criminal offence and the penalty for sentencing is six months to eight years in prison. The penalty for rape is one to 10 years in prison. Police generally investigated allegations of rape and courts generally convicted alleged perpetrators. In January, a local court sentenced a person to 10 months in prison for criminal assault for allegedly raping a drunk woman while she was sleeping in 2015. The Penal Code defines rape as a perpetrator who forces the victim to have sexual intercourse through violence or serious threats. Local NGOs criticized the conviction as too weak and called on the government to change the definition of rape in the penal code without consent.
The adoption of the amendments on 5 June capped two and a half years of tense debates sparked by a rape case in which an attacker was charged with criminal coercion rather than rape because his victim was unconscious and unable to resist. Financial disclosure: The highest officials in government, parliament and the judiciary, representing approximately 5,000 of the country`s 170,000 civil servants, are subject to financial disclosure laws. Administrative penalties are provided for in the event of non-compliance with these provisions. The government has not published any cases where these provisions have been violated, but they may be made public in other proceedings (e.g. criminal or tax cases). The CPC may issue expert opinions for prosecution purposes. intercourse, both male and male, had been illegal and punishable by death since the 1533 sodomy law. In 1861, Parliament passed the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, which abolished the death penalty for intercourse.
The Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885 expanded sodomy laws to prohibit all types of sexual activity between men. [149] It is common knowledge that an amendment criminalizing lesbian acts was rejected by Queen Victoria because she refused to believe that some women did such things; but it is more likely that those who tabled the amendment excluded it (as the House of Lords did 40 years later), assuming it would give ideas to women. [150] Press and media, including online media: Independent media were active and expressed a wide range of views without restriction. Print and broadcast media such as online newspapers and magazines and book publishers are subject to laws prohibiting hate speech, defamation and defamation. There have been few formal complaints of discrimination, although some cases of discrimination based on sex, age and nationality have been reported. In some sectors, foreign workers must remain employed by their home employer for at least one year. Local NGOs believed that this requirement allowed for the exploitation of workers through lower wages, poor living conditions and longer working hours. Migrant workers enjoy the same labour rights as citizens, but are discriminated against.
Many migrants worked in the hospitality industry or in physically demanding jobs. Some migrant workers were unaware of local labour laws regarding minimum wages, overtime, health care and other benefits, a problem exacerbated by language barriers. Male homosexual acts have been decriminalized in Gibraltar since 1993, when the age of consent was higher at 18 for homosexuals and 16 for lesbians and heterosexuals.