Consultation on criminalization of indecent assaults starts today

Yesterday the authoritieslaunched a public consultation period for their proposal of criminalizing indecent assaults as a “semi-public crime.” Once it has been proven that the offender intentionally made contact with the victim theyare liable to serve a maximum of one-year imprisonment or a fine for up to 120 days. The penalty will be doubled if victims are under 16 years old or have been subjected to body contact against their will by molesters exploiting their superior status. The consultation period, which lasts until the 22nd of February 2016, also seeks opinions on the proposed changes to multiple other sex-crime-related provisions in the criminal code.