In early July, Antigua and Barbuda’s High Court ruled that Sections 12 & 15 of Antigua and Barbuda's Sexual Offences Act (1995) were unconstitutional.

Back in April 2022, a national debate sparked in Antigua and Barbuda over a legal change to criminalise marital rape in the country. This national debate came weeks after the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) had ruled that a man can rape another man in Barbados.