強制性交要件、試案を修正　「不同意表明が困難」に―法制審

　法制審議会（法相の諮問機関）の刑事法部会が１７日に開かれ、法務省側が刑法の性犯罪規定の見直しに向けた試案を一部修正して提示した。強制性交等罪や強制わいせつ罪などの構成要件について、昨年１０月の試案では被害者を「拒絶困難」にさせた場合としていたが、「同意しない意思を形成し、表明し、もしくは全うすることが困難な状態」にさせた場合に改めた。
　被害者側に拒絶する義務があるとの誤解を招かないようにするのが狙い。「性交同意年齢」の１６歳への引き上げ（現行１３歳）や盗撮を罰する「撮影罪」新設など一連の性犯罪対応強化策と併せ、早ければ２月の法制審総会で決定する。（2023/01/17-12:37）

Japan's Justice Ministry modified its draft plan Tuesday for revising sex crime provisions in the Penal Code to reduce burdens on victims.
   The ministry changed the requirement for establishing the crimes of forcible sexual intercourse and indecent assault to "making it difficult for the victim to form, express or fulfill the intention not to consent."
   Its initial draft plan released last October, which set the requirement as "making it difficult for the victim to refuse," was feared to cause the misunderstanding that the victim is obligated to express refusal.
   The revision was submitted to the criminal law subcommittee of the Legislative Council, which advises the justice minister, at a meeting Tuesday.
   The new requirement will be approved by the council as early as February, together with other planned measures against sex crimes in the draft, such as raising the age of consent from 13 to 16 and creating a new crime to punish secretly photographing and filming victims.