this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
55 points (88.7% liked)
Europe
8484 readers
2 users here now
News/Interesting Stories/Beautiful Pictures from Europe 🇪🇺
(Current banner: Thunder mountain, Germany, 🇩🇪 ) Feel free to post submissions for banner pictures
Rules
(This list is obviously incomplete, but it will get expanded when necessary)
- Be nice to each other (e.g. No direct insults against each other);
- No racism, antisemitism, dehumanisation of minorities or glorification of National Socialism allowed;
- No posts linking to mis-information funded by foreign states or billionaires.
Also check out [email protected]
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Does Spanish law apply if the act took place in Australia?
Not that sexual assault is legal in Australia, either. Just curious why they're talking about Spanish law - wouldn't this come under Australian law?
So I don’t know about Spanish criminal law in particular, but in Germany the criminal code states that it’s generally only applicable for acts committed on German territory, but there are multiple exemptions for offences committed abroad „with specific domestic connection“. This includes so called „offences against sexual self-determination“ if the offender is a German national. I could imagine that Spain has a similar rule.
Update: Seems I was (mostly) right, but spanish law is even broader than that of germany in these cases.
https://www.un.org/en/ga/sixth/71/universal_jurisdiction/spain_e.pdf