{"id":98296,"date":"2024-02-12T04:10:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T04:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/madagascar-set-to-castrate-child-rapists-after-parliament-passes-law-world-news\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T04:10:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T04:10:07","slug":"madagascar-set-to-castrate-child-rapists-after-parliament-passes-law-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/madagascar-set-to-castrate-child-rapists-after-parliament-passes-law-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Madagascar set to castrate child rapists after parliament passes law | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Madagascar is set to castrate child rapists after its parliament passed a controversial law last week. <\/p>\n

The Indian Ocean island’s senate approved the law which will allow for chemical, and in certain cases, surgical castration of those found guilty of raping a minor.<\/p>\n

It must now be ratified and then signed into law by President Andry Rajoelina, who first raised the issue in December leading to the proposal of the new law.<\/p>\n

The move has drawn criticism from international human rights groups, but has also encouraged support from activists in Madagascar<\/strong> <\/strong>who say the law is an appropriate deterrent to curb a “rape culture”.<\/p>\n

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Justice minister Landy Randriamanantenasoa said it was a necessary move because of an increase in cases of rape against children.<\/p>\n

In 2023, 600 cases of the rape of a minor were recorded, she said, and 133 in January this year alone.<\/p>\n

Surgical castration – the permanent procedure of removing one’s genitals to stop the production of sex hormones – “will always be pronounced” for those guilty of raping a child under the age of 10, according to the law’s wording.<\/p>\n

Cases of rape against children between the ages of 10 and 13 will be punished by surgical or chemical castration (not a form of sterilisation as drugs are used to inhibit hormone production).<\/p>\n

The rape of children aged between 14 and 17 will be punished by chemical castration.<\/p>\n

Offenders also now face harsher sentences of up to life in prison, as well as castration.<\/p>\n

Ms Randriamanantenasoa said: “We wanted to protect children much more. The younger the child, the greater the punishment.”<\/p>\n

‘Inhuman and degrading’<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, human rights group Amnesty International denounced the law as “inhuman and degrading” and said it was not in line with the island’s constitutional laws.<\/p>\n

One adviser for the group warned of the “lack of confidence” in the country’s justice system due to “opacity and corruption”.<\/p>\n

They said since complaints and trials are not carried out anonymously retaliation against rape victims was “frequent”.<\/p>\n

The Amnesty adviser added that surgical castration was problematic if anyone who undergoes it is later cleared of a crime on appeal.<\/p>\n

They also raised doubts over the capabilities of medical authorities to carry out the procedures.<\/p>\n

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‘New law is progress’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some activists in the country agree with the law as they say nothing else seems to be working.<\/p>\n

Jessica Nivoseheno of the Women Break the Silence group, which campaigns against rape and supports victims, said: “There really is a rape culture in Madagascar.<\/p>\n

“We are in the process of normalising certain cases of sexual violence, also minimising the seriousness of these cases.<\/p>\n

“(The new law) is progress, because it is a deterrent punishment.<\/p>\n

“This could prevent potential attackers from taking action… but only if we, as citizens, are aware of the existence and importance of this new penalty.”<\/p>\n

A handful of other countries administer chemical castration for sexual offenders including South Korea and the US.<\/p>\n

Surgical castration is rarer, though countries like Nigeria and the Czech Republic implement the procedure under its laws.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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