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Indian rape laws must be of global standards: Amnesty
Saturday January 12, 2013 08:24:09 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Amnesty
International wants Indian rape laws to meet the highest
international standards. And it does not favour death penalty or
chemical castration.
Amnesty International India has said this as part of its
recommendations to the Justice Verma committee set up by the
government in the wake of the Dec 16 gang-rape of a young woman
who died 13 days later.
Amnesty said that laws relating to violence against women must
criminalize all forms of sexual and gender-based violence and
minimize the potential for re-traumatization of the victim.
It said that penalties for rape and other sexual offences must
reflect the gravity of the crime but punishments that violate
human rights - like the death penalty and chemical castration -
should not be used.
In its recommendations, Amnesty listed several legal reforms to
combat impunity for sexual violence against women and stressed
that sexual crimes against men, boys and trans-gender people
should also be addressed.
It urged the government to broaden the scope of the crime of rape
to include any non-consensual sexual conduct involving
penetration, including within marriage.
Amnesty wants sexual violence to be identified as a crime against
the physical and mental integrity of the victim and not against
modesty, morality or honour.
It said that the government should explicitly recognize rape by an
official as torture, and removing immunity from prosecution for
sexual and gender-based crimes, including for members of police or
armed forces.
The collection of forensic evidence and provision of medical care
should be appropriate and adequate, it said.
It wants the use of the 'two-finger test' during medical exams to
be done away with.
Amnesty said that legal reform would not be effective unless laws
were properly implemented.
Amnesty also seeks that trials should be completed in a swift,
sensitive and efficient manner to ensure that victims do not
suffer from unnecessary trauma and harassment.
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