Vrinda Grover first criticizes that women’s groups were not further included in the work on the report. However, she goes on with a long list of issues like harassment of women at their workplace, the inclusion of marital rape, the expansion of definition of sexual assault, which is more gender neutral, the keeping of the […]
Sushma Swaraj, leader of the opposition, speaks on the December 16th gang rape during zero hour and calls for capital punishment for those convicted. She adds that it is a shame that the chief minister, who is a woman, also sends out the message that women should not leave the house alone instead of improving […]
Here, helplines , help centers , shelters, trainings in self-defense and sexual education are demanded as a way to act preventing. Further overcrowded infrastructure and similar situations need to be avoided. Also, matters of marital and mass sexual violence must finally be acknowledged by law. Last, but not least, it is stated that extreme penalties […]
The People’s Union for Civil Liberties addresses the fact that only law and punishment will not lead to an improved situation with regard to women’s safety. Hereby, they especially the reject the imposition of the death penalty and chemical castration. Moreover, structural issues need to be discussed and the overall definition of sexual assault needs […]
This legal resource group demands for a more encompassing definition of sexual assault and a specific discussion on the issue of same-sex sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault. Also they specifically explore the topics of acid attacks, vocabulary used in law, marital rape and age of consent. Further, they deliver recommendations on reparations and rehabilitation, […]
The CPI (Marxist) demands for the inclusion of identity-based sexual violence, child violence, gang-rape and custodial sexual violence as aggravated sexual assault. The maximum penalty should be life imprisonment. Further they demand for the implementation of fast track trials and better rehabilitation possibilities. Also the party asks for a separate clause for acid attacks. For […]
First, the collective of numerous individuals and organizations based in Delhi, demands for a more encompassing definition, which further includes all gender groups. Further, they stress the role of sexual assault during sectarian violence, custodial violence, sexual violence committed by security forces and sexual violence towards physically and mentally disabled people. Also they recommend explicit […]
Signed by almost 1000 groups and individual, called progressive, this submission has a strong focus on a rejection of the death penalty for rapists. 924 Women & progressive groups
JVC Report – Chapter 9 – SEntencing and Punishment In the ninth chapter of the report, the committee is dealing with the problem on how to sentence sexual violence. It starts off by discussing the widespread fear of too low punishment for rapists, which leads to an analysis of life imprisonment and the death […]