About: Avenimiento

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Avenimiento (literally, "agreement" or "compromise") was a legal concept in the , which stated that if a rape victim over the age of 16 agreed to marry her rapist, he could be freed from prison. The concept of avenimiento was created as part of a 1998 overhaul of Argentinian laws related to sexual offences. Before 1998, this section of the law was called "Offences to Honesty": afterwards it was renamed "Offences to Sexual Integrity".

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  • Avenimiento (literally, "agreement" or "compromise") was a legal concept in the , which stated that if a rape victim over the age of 16 agreed to marry her rapist, he could be freed from prison. The concept of avenimiento was created as part of a 1998 overhaul of Argentinian laws related to sexual offences. Before 1998, this section of the law was called "Offences to Honesty": afterwards it was renamed "Offences to Sexual Integrity". The concept has been widely criticized by international human rights organizations, and was removed from the penal code in March 2012, following a unanimous vote of 51 Argentinian senators. (en)
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  • Avenimiento (literally, "agreement" or "compromise") was a legal concept in the , which stated that if a rape victim over the age of 16 agreed to marry her rapist, he could be freed from prison. The concept of avenimiento was created as part of a 1998 overhaul of Argentinian laws related to sexual offences. Before 1998, this section of the law was called "Offences to Honesty": afterwards it was renamed "Offences to Sexual Integrity". (en)
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