The legislative overhaul that came five years after the infamous "wolf pack case" in which five men gangraped an 18-year-old girl in at Pamplona's bull-running festival, eliciting public outrage and calls for strengthening laws against sexual violence.

The draft will have to be ratified by the country's parliament, which is expected by the end of the year.

The law has been framed on the "yes means yes" model which brings all non-consensual sex under the category of rape, bring Spain among the countries like Sweden, Portugal and Britain, that use similar legal definitions.

The existing laws in Spain, the perpetrator should have used physical violence or intimidation for a sexual assault to be classified as rape.

Stalking and street harassment, considered misdemeanors under current law, will be considered as crimes and so will female genital mutilation.

The law stipulates 15 years imprisonment for gangrape convicts and calls for creation of a 24-hour sexual assault helpline and specialized children's homes for underage victims.