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.

Documents

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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.

Published 14 February 2018
Last updated 27 October 2023 + show all updates
  1. Reviewed guidance for victims of rape and sexual assault in Andorra; removal of regional guides which have been replaced by a Spain-wide information pack.

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

  3. Updated list of hospitals in the guidance for Madrid

  4. Guidance reviewed and updated.

  5. Updated Madrid guidance on medical examinations for victims of rape and sexual assault.

  6. Updated leaflet for Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla.

  7. Updated information in all consular districts

  8. Updated Catalonia and Andorra guides

  9. Updated Malaga consular district guide

  10. Updated RSA guides for Ibiza, Menorca, Mallorca, Las Palmas and Alicante

  11. Updated information for Madrid

  12. Updated information for Madrid

  13. Changes to Alicante information

  14. Updated information for Andorra

  15. Amendment to Madrid information including a telephone number and addition of a new organisation.

  16. Updated March 2018

  17. First published.