Enhedslisten KĂžbenhavn ramt af voldtĂŠgtssag
Finland reports roughly 50,000 cases of sexual assault per annum but in 2017 only 209 convictions were secured.
In Denmark during 2017, of 890 rapes reported to police, just 535 led to prosecution with only 94 convictions.
TIME FOR CHANGE: JUSTICE FOR RAPE SURVIVORS IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES
Women in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) encounter multiple barriers in accessing justice for rape and sexual violence. High levels of rape and widespread impunity stand in stark contrast to the high scores the region has achieved in gender equality in many areas of life. The situation facing survivors of rape is not uniform across the four countries but there are disturbing parallels among them. A first step towards protecting women and girls from rape is to adopt and effectively implement consent-based laws on sexual violence as required by international human rights law, including the Istanbul Convention. In addition to legislative changes, authorities Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden should improve the quality of the police investigations and take decisive steps to address widespread harmful myths and gender stereotypes across various stages of the legal process