sexual autonomy

Repealed  * Division 10 of the Crimes Act prohibited and defined sexual violence against adults and children. Division 10 stated that a person consents to sexual intercourse if the person freely and voluntarily agrees (§ 61HE(2)). As provided in section 61HE(3), a perpetrator was deemed to know that the other person does not consent if they have actual knowledge, are reckless as to consent, or had no reasonable belief that the other person consented.

The Constitution guarantees that all citizens are equal before the law.  Article 5 guarantees equality among Taiwan’s various racial groups.  Article 7 states that all citizens enjoy the same rights irrespective of their sex, religion, race, class, or party affiliation.  Article 22 provides that all other freedoms and rights of the people that are not detrimental to social order or public welfare shall be guaranteed under the Constitution.