Activists welcome initial approval of law designed to curb rising sexual violence, but warn scope and implementation could prove problematicSomaliland has introduced a bill outlawing rape, the first piece of legislation to address gender-based violence in the self-declared state.Under the Somaliland rape and other related offences bill, all forms of sexual offence would be criminalised, including rape, gang rape, sexual assault, trafficking and child marriage. Rapists who infect their victims with HIV would receive life sentences. Continue reading…
Via: 'A great milestone': Somaliland adopts legislation outlawing rape
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