President Arif Alvi approves Anti-Rape Ordinance 2020 to speed up trials in Pakistan rape cases
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Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
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ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has approved the Anti-Rape Ordinance 2020 to ensure speedy trials in cases of sexual violence against women and children.
This new ordinance means special courts are to be made in Pakistan to accelerate the trial of rape cases. It requires the courts to concludes rape cases within four months.
Islamabad: Pakistan’s president Dr Arif Alvi has signed a new anti-rape ordinance to ensure speedy trial of rape cases and harsher punishments for rapists.
The ordinance will create a national sex offenders register, protect the identity of victims and allow the chemical castration for repeat offenders. Prime Minister Imran Khan and his cabinet approved the law last month and Alvi signed it into law on Tuesday.
Alvi approved Anti-Rape Ordinance 2020, under which special courts will be set up across the country to expedite trials of sexual assault suspects on a priority basis. Special fast-track courts will complete the court proceedings of rape cases within four months.
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LAHORE, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Pakistan introduced a rape law on Tuesday that will create special courts to try cases within four months, after protests over the gang rape of a woman whose car ran out of fuel.
The presidential decree also provides for anti-rape cells to provide medical examinations within six hours of a complaint being made and creates a national sex offender registry.
“The ordinance will help expedite cases of sexual abuse against women and children. Special courts will be set up across the country to expedite trials and cases of rape suspects as soon as possible,” President Arif Alvi said on Twitter.
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President Arif Alvi approved on Tuesday the Anti-Rape Ordinance 2020 that seeks to address the loopholes in Pakistanâs rape laws and expedite rape cases in the country
Under the ordinance, special courts that deal with rape cases will be set up across the country to speed up the justice process for women and children victims of sexual abuse. They will be directed to complete investigations within four months, said the official account of the president on Twitter.Â