alize marital rape.
2) Questions
- Please specify stance on making amendment of Article 297 of the Criminal Act to punish sexua
l intercourse without consent as rape and amendment of the Act on Special Cases Concerning th
e Punishment, etc. of Crimes of Domestic Violence to make its main purpose to secure the safety
of the victim and family.
27. Digital Sex Crime
1) Current Status
- Gender violence is a term that encompasses physical, sexual and emotional assault and economic da
mage against women and social minorities incurred due to gender discrimination and inequality. Preside
nt Moon Jae-in, during his presidential campaign, presented ‘devising measures to prevent three types o
f new gender violence including stalking, dating abuse, and digital crime (online sexual violence) as on
e of his pledges.
- According to the 2016 Analysis on Crime by the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, the proportions of rap
e or indecent act by compulsion among sex crimes have not dramatically increased during the period o
f 10 years. However, online sex crimes including the obscene acts by using means of communication a
nd taking photos by using cameras (so-called hidden camera crime) have dramatically increased. The la
tter, in particular, has increased by seven folds from 3.6% in 2006 to 23.9% in 2015.
- According to the ‘Amendment of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexua
l Crimes by analyzing cases including the crime of taking photos using cameras’18 by the Korean Wo
men Lawyers Association, 98.3% of victims of the crime of taking photos using cameras is women.
18
Korea Women Lawyers Association, ‘Amendment of the Act on Special Cases Concerning t
he Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes by analyzing cases including the crime of taking photo
s using cameras’, 「Material book, Symposium on Online Sex Crime and Support for Victim」,
26 September 2016.