Marital rape which were early to criminalize marital rape include the Soviet Union (1922), Poland (1932), Czechoslovakia (1950), some other members of the Communist Bloc, Sweden (1965), and Norway (1971). Slovenia, then a republic within federal Yugoslavia, criminalized marital rape in 1977. The Israeli Supreme Court affirmed that marital rape is a crime in a 1980 decision, citing law based on the Talmud (at least 6th century). Criminalization in Australia began with the state of New South Wales in 1981, followed by all other states from 1985 to 1992. Several formerly British-ruled countries followed suit: Canada (1983), New Zealand (1985), and Ireland
Marital rape immunity in Singapore 2011. It was noted that this recommendation did not enjoy the support of the Singapore Government. In the Stakeholder’s Report to the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, a joint submission by several non-governmental organisations also called for the partial immunity for marital rape to be repealed. At Singapore’s UPR in 2016, the need for the abolition of the marital rape immunity was reiterated. In response, Ambassador-at-Large Chan Heng Chee noted that Singapore “would actively review the need to repeal the marital rape immunity”. While no definitive answer has been given to the question of whether or when the