Annex to Norway’s Addendum to the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review 26 August 2019 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 10 Continue taking steps to tackle gender-based and sexual violence (Greece); Ensure a gender-sensitive approach in legislation, programs and policies concerning domestic violence (Iceland); Continue to strengthen efforts to combat domestic and sexual violence (New Zealand); Intensify the implementation of its national preventive strategy against gender-based violence including domestic violence and sexual abuse (Philippines); Continue to strengthen efforts to combat domestic violence and sexual abuse and, in particular, to protect children and minors from the increasing risk of sexual abuse and exploitation both online and offline (Republic of Korea); Develop an action plan to prevent domestic violence by paying a special attention to prevention of, investigation into and punishment for acts of domestic violence in Sami families (Russian Federation); Further efforts in the prevention and implementation of measures to eliminate gender-based violence (Bhutan); Extend measures to combat domestic and sexual violence, with special attention to the protection of children (Viet Nam); Continue to step up efforts to combat sexual and domestic violence (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela); Amend the legal definition of rape to remove the requirement for the use of force or threat of force, and implement a definition based on the communication of consent (Canada); Adopt a legal definition of rape in the Penal Code that places the lack of freely given consent at its centre, as previously recommended by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Ireland); Adopt a legal definition of rape in the Penal Code, which places the absence of consent at its centre, in line with SDG 5 (Netherlands); Amend article 291 of the Penal Code to ensure that the lack of consent be the core element of the definition of the crime of rape (Paraguay); Adopt a definition of rape in the Penal Code focused on the absence of free consent. (Spain); Amend the legal definition of rape in the Penal Code so that absence of consent is placed at its centre (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); Adopt a legal definition of rape in the Penal Code that places the absence of consent at its centre (Australia); Not accepted. The definition of rape in the Penal Code is intended to apply to sexual activity without consent. The definition does not include the wording ‘without consent’, but it describes circumstances that imply a lack of consent. The Government’s action plan to combat rape of 2019 states that the Government will consider whether a review of the chapter on sexual offences in the Penal Code is warranted. The action plan specifically sets out that the Government will consider proposing amendments to the legal definition of rape.