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Sexual and Gender Based Violence Press Release 20 August 2018
Men charged with rape are liable to suffer a maximum penalty of death whereas the law provides for the offense of ‘defilement’ for persons between the ages of 14-17 and sexual offenders against girls of that category are only given a few years of a jail term. This difference in penalties towards perpetrators who commit the same offense is unjust and offends the principle of equality and non-discrimination before the law. It also has an effect of increasing sexual violence against girls in that particular age group.
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