LIBERIA. SCRAP DEATH PENALTY FROM RAPE BILL, UNITED NATIONS
the United Nations Independent Expert on the protection of human rights in Liberia, Dr. Charlotte Abaka, called for a portion of the rape bill recently passed by the National Transitional Legislative Assembly (NTLA) to be deleted.
the United Nations Independent Expert on the protection of human rights in Liberia, Dr. Charlotte Abaka, called for a portion of the rape bill recently passed by the National Transitional Legislative Assembly (NTLA) to be deleted.
According to Dr. Abaka, the portion of the bill requesting the death penalty for perpetrators of rape would violate human rights and although one may be a perpetrator he/she still had rights even as the victim.
According to Dr. Abaka, the portion of the bill requesting the death penalty for perpetrators of rape would violate human rights and although one may be a perpetrator he/she still had rights even as the victim.
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- (Sources: All Africa, 14/10/2005)