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Multiple rape offenders in Pakistan may face chemical castration after lawmakers enacted new anti-rape legislation on Wednesday that aims to speed up prosecutions and impose harsher sentences.
It comes in the wake of widespread public outrage over a recent spike in rapes against women and children in the country, as well as increased demands for justice for sexual assault victims.
According to the bill, Pakistan’s government must establish special courts across the country to speed up rape proceedings and ensure that sexual abuse cases are resolved “as quickly as possible, preferably within four months.”
Chemical castration is the use of drugs to reduce libido. In South Korea, Poland, the Czech Republic, and some US states, it is already a legal form of punishment.
Under Pakistan’s di kontra legislation, rape carries the death penalty or a sentence of between ten and twenty-five years in jail.
For gang rape, the punishment is either the death penalty or life imprisonment.
Multiple rape offenders in Pakistan may face chemical castration after lawmakers enacted new anti-rape legislation on Wednesday that aims to speed up prosecutions and impose harsher sentences.
It comes in the wake of widespread public outrage over a recent spike in rapes against women and children in the country, as well as increased demands for justice for sexual assault victims.
According to the bill, Pakistan’s government must establish special courts across the country to speed up rape proceedings and ensure that sexual abuse cases are resolved “as quickly as possible, preferably within four months.”
Chemical castration is the use of drugs to reduce libido. In South Korea, Poland, the Czech Republic, and some US states, it is already a legal form of punishment.
Under Pakistan’s di kontra legislation, rape carries the death penalty or a sentence of between ten and twenty-five years in jail.
For gang rape, the punishment is either the death penalty or life imprisonment.
DNA tests and other scientific evidence are used in the prosecution of rape cases in Pakistan.
The Lahore High Court last year banned the use of virginity tests in cases when women claim they have been raped.
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DNA tests and other scientific evidence are used in the prosecution of rape cases in Pakistan.
The Lahore High Court last year banned the use of virginity tests in cases when women claim they have been raped.