@article{item\textunderscore3054748, title = {{The New German Law on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment}}, author = {H\"ornle, Tatjana}, language = {eng}, issn = {2071-8322}, doi = {10.1017/S2071832200022355}, publisher = {German Law Journal e.V. ; Cambridge University Press}, address = {Frankfurt am Main ; Cambridge}, year = {2017}, date = {2017}, abstract = {{In 2016, the German parliament changed the law on sexual assault and rape (Sect. 177 StGB). The new law assumes a \textquotedblleftno-means-no\textquotedblright-model, while the old law required coercion as a necessary feature of rape and other forms of sexual assaults. In addition, two new offense descriptions were introduced: sexual harassment (Sect. 184i StGB) and offenses out of groups (Sect. 184j StGB). In this Article, I describe the deficiencies of the old law, the process of law reform, and the newly enacted prohibitions.}}, journal = {{German Law Journal - open access to comparative, european and international law}}, volume = {18}, number = {6}, pages = {1309--1329}, }