Original document : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spain-information-for-victims-of-rape-and-sexual-assault

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Guidance

Spain: information for victims of rape and sexual assault

Information for British nationals who are victims of rape or sexual assault in Spain, including Andorra.

From:: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published: 14 February 2018
Last updated: 103 ~~November~~August ~~2022~~2023 — See all updates

Documents

Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Murcia and Albacete: information for victims of rape and sexual assault

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Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla: information for victims of rape and sexual assault

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Andorra: information for victims of rape and sexual assault

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Catalonia & Aragon: information for victims of rape and sexual assault

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Ibiza: information for victims of rape and sexual assault

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Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura: information for victims of rape and sexual assault

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Details

Includes information on:

medical assistance
the Spanish legal system
reporting assaults to the police

See also rape and sexual assault abroad: returning to the UK.

Contact a British embassy or consulate in Spain

Published 14 February 2018
Last updated 103 ~~November~~August ~~2022~~2023 + show all updates

3 August 2023
Regional guides replaced with a Spain-wide information pack for victims of rape and sexual assault.

10 November 2022
Updated list of hospitals in the guidance for Madrid
1 September 2022
Guidance reviewed and updated.
15 December 2021
Updated Madrid guidance on medical examinations for victims of rape and sexual assault.
14 August 2020
Updated leaflet for Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla.
6 July 2020
Updated information in all consular districts
9 September 2019
Updated Catalonia and Andorra guides
9 September 2019
Updated Malaga consular district guide
5 September 2019
Updated RSA guides for Ibiza, Menorca, Mallorca, Las Palmas and Alicante
19 August 2019
Updated information for Madrid
9 May 2019
Updated information for Madrid
9 May 2019
Changes to Alicante information
10 April 2019
Updated information for Andorra
8 February 2019
Amendment to Madrid information including a telephone number and addition of a new organisation.
16 March 2018
Updated March 2018
14 February 2018
First published.

Update history

2025-04-09 15:13
Information added on reporting a sexual assault that occurred in Spain to the police in the UK and legal mechanisms available to survivors when the perpetrator is British or a UK resident.

2025-04-03 13:32
Information added about the mobile app ALERT COPS.

2025-03-25 15:19
Information added about new 24hr crisis centres for victims of rape and sexual assault in Spain.

2025-01-30 14:18
Updated list of local support organisations in the Balearic Islands.

2024-08-05 11:22
Updated list of local and regional support organisations in Spain.

2024-05-23 14:06
The guidance has been fully reviewed. Links to victim support organisations in Spain and the UK have been updated.

2023-10-27 14:51
Reviewed guidance for victims of rape and sexual assault in Andorra; removal of regional guides which have been replaced by a Spain-wide information pack.

2023-08-03 11:09
Regional guides replaced with a Spain-wide information pack for victims of rape and sexual assault.

2022-11-10 11:53
Updated list of hospitals in the guidance for Madrid

2022-09-01 14:21
Guidance reviewed and updated.