Challenge mounted against statutory definition of rape and consent

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A non-profit organisation (NPO) which aims to combat gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide wants the Criminal (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill on the meaning of consent referred back to the National Assembly.

The Embrace Project wants the sexual offences amendment bill on the meaning of consent referred back to the National Assembly. Stock photo.A non-profit organisation which aims to combat gender-based violence and femicide wants theAmendment Act Amendment Bill on the meaning of consent referred back to the National Assembly.

The bill was passed by both houses of parliament on September 10 and is with the president for assent. The NPO asked that the bill be sent back to the National Assembly, in terms of section 79 of the constitution, to address sections 1 and 3 of the act, which they said infringe on rape survivors’ constitutional rights to bodily and psychological integrity, human dignity and equality.

Coko was sentenced for raping a Rhodes University postgraduate student in July 2018 at his home in Makhanda.

 

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