A series of amendments have been made to the Penal Code contained in Decree 144-83 in order to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women, via legislative decrees 191-96, 59-97 and 127-99, and family violence has been made a crime (articles 179-A and 179-B), as has sexual harassment (article 147-A). As a result of these amendments, rape is now a publicly actionable crime, even if the victim is an adult.