8. Regarding legislation on women &apos; s rights, the Government has the honour to inform the Special Rapporteur that, at the request of the judicial authorities of the State of Puebla, the Supreme Court has changed its jurisprudence on marital rape, in force since 1994, which held that violent sexual intercourse between spouses did not amount to the offence of rape but merely constituted the &quot; improper exercise of a right &quot; .
8. Regarding legislation on women &apos; s rights, the Government has the honour to inform the Special Rapporteur that, at the request of the judicial authorities of the State of Puebla, the Supreme Court has changed its jurisprudence on marital rape, in force since 1994, which held that violent sexual intercourse between spouses did not amount to the offence of rape but merely constituted the &quot; improper exercise of a right &quot; .