Here the committee collected amendments to the Criminal Law Bill of Sexual assault and their proposed changes. Especially a more encompassing idea of sexual assault and sentencing is discussed, but also the cases of acid attacks, voyeurism and stalking. JVR Report – Appendices 4,5,6 – Reforms
The present report concludes with stating that the existing laws, if faithfully and efficiently implemented, are sufficient to maintain law and order and to protect the safety and dignity of the people, particularly women, and to punish any offenders who commit any crime. However, besides, several improvements are urgent to guarantee efficacy and transparency. Last, […]
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 […]
In this chapter the committee discusses the former laws on rape by proposing a broader and more encompassing framework of sexual assaults. Important to mention is also that the committee suggests to include marital rape as an offense. JVC Report – Chapter 3 – Rape and Sexual Assault
Here the committee deals with the quality of government agencies, like the police, in order to provide general security. Hereby, the specific role of women’s protection is stressed and standardized procedures for the police are suggested. However, besides that, also the better enforcement of already existing laws is demanded. Last, but not least, an improved […]
This article of the Report of the Amendments to Criminal Law (2013) discusses the possible medico-legal procedures after a rape case has been reported. Hereby, it intensively discussion on how the victim/survivor can be protected the best is included. Especially interesting might be the strict rejection of the two finger test and the specific personal […]
Read the Recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee Click the link above for the full report, or the ones below for individual chapters: Chapter 3 – Rape and Sexual Assault Chapter 9 – Sentencing and Punishment Chapter 11 – Medico-legal Examination of the Victim Chapter 12 – Police Reforms […]
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