Overview
- Senators passed the reform unanimously, 97–0, and sent the draft to the Chamber of Deputies for further consideration.
- Sexual abuse will be prosecuted ex officio, allowing authorities to open investigations without a formal complaint from the victim.
- The law broadens the definition to any non‑consensual sexual act short of copulation and clarifies that consent cannot be inferred from silence, passivity or lack of resistance, and is invalid when vitiated by coercion or vulnerability.
- Base penalties are three to seven years in prison plus fines of 200 to 500 UMAs, alongside mandatory gender‑perspective reeducation workshops or social service.
- Aggravating circumstances increase sentences by one third—such as violence, multiple perpetrators, or abuse of trust or authority—with public servants additionally removed and disqualified; some reports say penalties can reach up to nine years in such cases.