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Support after rape or sexual assault abroad: advice by country

Local information for British nationals who have been raped or sexually assaulted abroad, including how to report the crime and access medical treatment.

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From:
Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
PublishedPublished:
27 November 2019
Last updatedupdated:
22 September 2026
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of rape and sexual assault in Cape Verde has been added.

  • Guidance added for victims of rape or sexual assault in Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Turkmenistan.

  • Information added for Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal

  • Information about Serbia added

  • Guidance added for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Angola.

  • Guidance for Norway added.

  • Guidance added for Albania, Latvia, and Lithuania.

  • Guidance added for Ireland, Montenegro and Ukraine.

  • Guidance added for Bolivia and Luxembourg.

  • Australia information added to collection.

  • Guidance added for Romania.

  • Guidance added for Slovenia.

  • Guidance added for Cuba, Laos, Moldova, and the Philippines.

  • Guidance added for Denmark, Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.

  • New guidance added for Finland

  • Guidance added for Rwanda, Tanzania and Palau

  • Guidance added for Kenya, Qatar, North Macedonia, Poland

  • Added new guidance for Austria

  • Added new guidance for Uzbekistan

  • New guidance added: Sweden

  • Guidance for Hungary added.

  • Added guidance for Honduras

  • Add Guidance for victims of rape and sexual assault in Kuwait

  • Added new information pack for Malta

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