scholarly journals Sexual Violence and Criminal Justice in the 21st Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 691-702
Author(s):  
Boris Burghardt ◽  
Leonie Steinl
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Sexual Autonomy ◽  
Legal Perspective ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
The Right

AbstractIn recent years, no area of criminal law has received more public attention than the laws on sexual violence. Discussions about the need for reforms have exhibited a mobilizing force extending far beyond the legal community. From a legal perspective, these discussions concern intricate normative questions regarding the content of the right to sexual autonomy and the suitability of the consent paradigm to establish the limitations of its protection under criminal law. At the same time, they ultimately concern the question of gender-related societal power hierarchies. Acknowledging these broader socio-political dimensions allows us to comprehend the highly contentious manner in which this debate is often conducted. This Special Issue attempts to analyze from a transnational perspective both the fundamental legal and socio-political questions in the current discussions on sexual violence and criminal justice. A recurring theme is the question as to whether criminal law can be used not only as an instrument of repressive social control, but also as a means of power-critical – even emancipatory – social policy.

scholarly journals Preliminary Phase of the Right of Assessment in Iran and France with Emphasis on One Article to Respect Legal Freedom and Protection of Citizenship Rights

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-350
Author(s):  
Zahra Emadoleslami ◽  
Hadi Ghorbani
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
French Law ◽  
Citizenship Rights ◽  
Personal Security ◽  
Iranian Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Preliminary Phase ◽  
Fair Assessment

Abstract The right of citizenship in criminal law is one of the important cases in the field of human rights and has received attention from various human rights documents. In Iran's criminal law in various cases also respect to legal freedom and protection of citizenship rights. Besides trying to give more attention to citizenship rights based on fair assessment. An important question that can be raised in is howthe regulation to respect the legal freedom and protection of citizenship rights in Iranian law proportional to French law in terms of a fair assessment? The findings from this survey show that there is a compilation of regulation respecting legal freedom and protecting citizenship rights. In addition, there is an internalization effort to pay attention the human rights in criminal justice, in the form of action to eliminate the aggression against the rights of citizen and this rule emphasizes cases that consistent with French law. In the rules of respect for legal freedom and protection of citizenship rights, such as the rights of convicted people in France, it has emphasized the existence of freedom, personal security, prohibition of torture, self-respect of the accused by defending their rights and protecting themselves.Keywords: Freedom of law, human rights, citizenship rights, fair assessment, Iranian law, French law AbstrakHak kewarganegaraan dalam hukum pidana adalah salah satu kasus penting di bidang hak asasi manusia dan telah mendapatkan perhatian dari berbagai dokumen hak asasi manusia. Dalam hukum pidana Iran dalam berbagai kasus juga memberikan penghormatan terhadap kebebasan hukum dan perlindungan hak kewarganegaraan. Selain diupayakan untuk memberikan perhatian lebih terhadap hak kewarganegaraan berdasarkan penilaian yang adil. Pertanyaan pentingdalam hal ini adalah seberapa besar aturan penghormatan terhadap kebebasan hukum dan perlindungan hak kewarganegaraan dalam hukum Iran berbanding lurus dengan hukum Prancis dalam sudut pandang penilaian yang adil? Temuan-temuan dari survey ini menunjukkan bahwa adanya kompilasi aturan penghormatan terhadap kebebasan hukum dan perlindungan hak kewarganegaraan. Selain itu, adanya upaya internalisasi untuk memberikan perhatian terhadap hak asasi manusia dalam peradilan pidana, berupa tindakan untuk menghapus tindakan agresi terhadap hak-hak warga negara, dan aturan ini menekankan pada kasus-kasus yang relevan dengan hukum Prancis. Dalam aturan penghormatan terhadap kebebasan hukum dan perlindungan hak-hak kewarganegaraan, seperti hak-hak terpidana di Perancistelah ditekankan pada adanya kebebasan, keamanan pribadi, larangan penyiksaan, penghargaan diri orang yang tertuduh dengan membela hak-hak dan melindungi diri pribadi.Kata kunci: Kebebasan hukum, hak asasi manusia dan hak kewarganegaraan АннотацияПраво на гражданство в уголовном праве является одним из самых важных в области прав человека и привлекает внимание в различных документах по правам человека. В Иране уголовное право в различных случаях также уважает правовую свободу и сохранение гражданских прав и стремится уделять больше внимания гражданским правам на основе справедливого суждения. Важный вопрос, который может быть поднят в этом отношении, заключается в том, насколько правило уважения к правовой свободе и сохранению гражданских прав в иранском законодательстве прямопропорционально французскому законодательству с точки зрения справедливого суждения. Результаты этого исследования показывают, что существует свод правил, которые уважают правовую свободу и сохранение гражданских прав. Кроме того, предпринимаются усилия по интернализации, направленные на то, чтобы уделять внимание правам человека в сфере уголовного правосудия в форме ликвидации действий агрессии против гражданских прав. Данное положение подчеркивает случаи, которые соответствуют французскому законодательству. В правилах уважения правовой свободы и сохранения гражданских прав, таких как права осужденных во Франции, подчеркивается существование свободы, личной безопасности, запрета пыток, самооценки обвиняемого путем защиты их прав и себя. Ключевые слова: правовая свобода, права человека, гражданские права, справедливое суждение, иранское право, французское право

scholarly journals Islamic criminal procedure law: human rights issues

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 47-57
Author(s):  
Yusif Mamedov
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Burden Of Proof ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right

It has been established that harsh Islamic punishments are practically not applied due to the high burden of proof and the need to involve an exhaustive number of witnesses. It has been proven that the Islamic criminal justice system provides the accused with basic guarantees. It is noted that according to Sharia, Islamic crimes are divided into three categories: Hadd, Qisas and Tazir. It is noted that Islamic criminal law provides that the accused is not guilty if his guilt is not proven. It is noted that equality before the law is one of the main legal principles of the Islamic criminal model, as all persons are equal before the law and are condemned equally regardless of religious or economic status (lack of immunity). There are four main principles aimed at protecting human rights in Islamic criminal law: the principle of legality (irreversible action), the principle of presumption of innocence, the principle of equality and the principle of ultimate proof. In addition, the Islamic criminal justice system provides defendants with many safeguards, which are always followed during detention, investigation, trial and after trial. It is established that such rights are: 1) the right of every person to the protection of life, honor, freedom and property; 2) the right to due process of law; 3) the right to a fair and open trial before an impartial judge; 4) freedom from coercion to self-disclosure; 5) protection against arbitrary arrest and detention; 6) immediate court proceedings; 7) the right to appeal. It is noted that if a person is charged, he/she has many remedies It is noted that the trial must be fair, in which the qadi (judge) plays an important role. It has been established that, in addition to the procedural guarantees, the qualifications and character of the qadi, as well as the strict requirements of Islamic rules of proof, are intended to ensure a fair trial in the case of the accused. Adherence to these principles has been shown to indicate that the rights of the accused are fully guaranteed under Islamic criminal law.

scholarly journals ((جرائم العنف الجنسي ضد الأطفال ((دراسة مقارنة

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-194
Author(s):  
نوزاد الشواني
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
International System ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The World ◽  
The Right

The child is the bud of life and the right of life in this life is a fundamental right, from which several rights are protected and surrounded by safety until he reaches the age that makes him physically, mentally and psychologically qualified to take over his duties and his duties towards his society and the direction of others.The rights of the child to protection have been little or significant since the inception of the first human being. However, the need for development and the protection of the human race that human senses have begun to create different rights for the child do not in themselves constitute real protection for them . Until it culminated in the era of Islamic light, which embodied the highest forms of protection for this sensitive vulnerable group in society. Voices from around the world called on States to actively intervene through criminal texts to ensure the child's right to be protected from ill-treatment, especially after the international community has issued numerous international instruments and declarations dealing with the rights of the child. The most important of these are the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, On the life and development of the child as well as the preservation of his identity and his right to education, health and comfort and to have a standard of living adequate for its growth as well as protect it from exploitation and all kinds of violence. Sexual violence against children involving a child under the age of 18 years, rape or exploitation of sexual activity is not fully understood and can not be granted. The conduct of the offender is contrary to the laws, customs, traditions and customs of the community. The child's physical and mental health, mental, psychological and social well-being are seriously jeopardized. The child is characterized by weak physical strength and poor mental abilities. Therefore, the international system should have called upon the ratifying States to protect the rights that have been adopted in favor of the child With special criminal provisions to protect him from crimes of sexual violence.Sexual violence against children constitutes a grave violation of the rights of the child. It represents a global reality in all countries of the world, but it has become a real phenomenon of concern especially in recent times and in some countries such as Iraq, Syria, Libya and other countries that have become visible as a result of war, displacement, The other reasons, and this calls for immediate treatment through the intervention of the criminal law in most of the world, including Iraqi and Syrian law, the subject of our research, to criminalize these acts protect a range of rights and interests, including: the protection of the right to sexual freedom of the female, The protection of the family entity from collapse and the protection of the offspring from mixing and protecting the social entity from the scourge of moral corruption, and immunization of society from sexual and reproductive diseases. At the national and international levels, this law prohibits any activity that takes the form of rape, sodomy, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation in prostitution or pornographic material Since the Criminal Code is one of the most widely used instruments of the State to protect the legal status of persons and to protect human rights from potential attacks and the conviction of the Iraqi and Syrian legislators of the importance of repudiation and punishment in protecting vulnerable parties within society, for example, their legislation included significant repudiation provisions that criminalize any act or omission May result in a form of sexual violence against children.Thus, by extrapolating the texts of the criminal law of both Iraq and Syria, as well as some of the texts contained in other laws or independently, our research entitled "Sexual Violence Against Children" focused on a scientific plan consisting of two subjects: In the second, I refer to the types of crimes that sexual violence against children has included and we deal with successively and through three demands. First we address the crime of rape and homosexuality. In the second child to indecent assault against the child crime and in the third to the crime of sexual exploitation against children and Khtmana We discussed with the most important conclusions and recommendations

scholarly journals Le droit de punir

Criminologie ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-140
Author(s):  
José M. Rico
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
The Right ◽  
Policies And Practices

The main objective of this essay is to put forward some ideas in the right to punish. These ideas are put in the Canadian context and in relation to the criminal law. The criminal procedure and the criminal justice system. The first part defines the proper concepts : aims, justifications, scopes, limits and interconnections. Results cannot be properly evaluated if the basic definitions are not clear and precise. The second part presents a model for the revision and reform of criminal policies and practices. This model is based on a study of drug legislations and practices.

scholarly journals Victims’ rights are human rights: The importance of recognizing victims as persons

Temida ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo-Anne Wemmers
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Crime Victims ◽  
The State ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process ◽  
The Right

In this paper the author argues that victims? rights are human rights. Criminal law typically views victims as witnesses to a crime against the state, thus shutting them out of the criminal justice process and only allowing them in when they are needed to testify. This is a major source of dissatisfaction for victims who seek validation in the criminal justice system. Victims are persons with rights and privileges. Crimes constitute violations of their rights as well as acts against society or the state. While human rights instruments, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, do not mention crime victims specifically, a number of rights are identified, which can be viewed from the victim?s perspective. As individuals with dignity, victims have the right to recognition as persons before the law. However, such rights are only meaningful if they can be enforced.

A Note on Broadmoor Patients

1951 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
The Other ◽  
Home Office ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Right

It is not easy for students to see the subject of insanity and the criminal law as a whole. There is virtually no difficulty over what happens in court, for lawyers are concerned with that and it is adequately described in law books, notably in Archbold. But that is only part of the business, the other part being the concern of administrators. There is no mystery about what the officials do or about the reasons for their actions, and the application of intelligence to published material would give the student the right answer. However, a student may not get things right that way, as I remember that I failed to do (though whether by insufficiency of intelligence or of application I cannot say). I learned about these things when as a Home Office official I came to take part in working the system. The purpose of this note is to give students the framework of the subject. The Criminal Justice Act, 1948, has made some changes, and it is convenient to consider first the position before that Act and to begin with a trial on indictment.

scholarly journals Chemical Castration Sanctions for Perpetrators of Child Sexual Violence in the Frame of Islamic Criminal Law

Al-'Adl ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Rachmadani Rachmadani ◽  
Sarwo Zulfahmi Muhammad Daming
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Sexual Disorders ◽  
Sexual Crimes ◽  
Applicable Law ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
The Right

This article discusses the review of Islamic criminal law regarding sanctions castration chemistry for the perpetrators of sexual violence against children. It is motivated by the rampant cases of sexual crimes against children have increased every year. As a response to the things that President Joko Widodo has issued Government Regulation No.. 70 Year 2020 about procedures for the Implementation of the Action Castration Chemistry, the Installation of the Detector Electronics, Rehabilitation and the Announcement of the Identity of the Perpetrators of Sexual Violence against Children. This rule gave authority to the state to be able to impose sanctions castration chemistry for the perpetrators of sexual violence against children. As for the problem studied in this research is how the forms of sexual violence in children? and how the determination of sanctions castration chemistry for the perpetrators of sexual violence against children is viewed from the perspective of the criminal law of Islam? This study uses the approach of normative juridical to discover the basics of the law of the criminal law of Islam-related sanctions gelding chemical. While methods of data collection using the method of literature, after the data collected then analyzed and interpreted by means of deductive. The results showed sanctions gelding chemical was done as an attempt of recovery of sexual disorders, so it can be said this punishment is not as torture against the perpetrators. As for the sanctions gelding chemical in the perspective of Islamic criminal law can be categorized punishment ta'zir which is a sentence that has a minimum and a maximum that is determined by a judge. The judge reserves the right to impose a penalty gelding chemical if the defendant is convicted of a violation based on the applicable law, because of the type of punishment is not in the nash.

scholarly journals Special Edition: Limits and Prospects of Criminal Law Reform – Past, Present, Future

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thalia Anthony ◽  
Penny Crofts
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
North America ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Special Edition ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Progressive Change ◽  
Social Responses ◽  
Criminal Justice Reform

This special issue traces multifaceted readings of criminal law reform in the context of developments in Australia, North America and Europe. It addresses a range of criminal law legislative regimes, frameworks and issues confronting criminal law reform including as they relate to family violence, organisational liability for child sexual abuse, drug-driving and Indigenous under-representation on juries. In doing so, the articles variously assess the impacts of past criminal law reforms, current processes of reform, areas in need of future reform and the limitations of reform. It poses a number of challenges: Who does law reform serve? What principles should guide the work of criminal justice reform? What is the role and responsibility of universities in law reform? Who are the natural allies of academics in agitating for reform? Is reform of criminal law enough for progressive social change? Do public inquiries and law reform assist with progressive change or do they have the potential to undermine the struggle for more humane and equitable social responses?

Application of the Theory of Gender and Power to Examine Sexual and Reproductive Autonomy among Women in Mahikeng in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-242
Author(s):  
Godswill N. Osuafor ◽  
◽  
Chinwe E. Okoli ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Sexual Autonomy ◽  
Gender And Power ◽  
Living Children ◽  
The Right

The autonomy of women in sexual and reproductive decision-making within family settings may represent gender equality and reproductive health relief. The theory of gender and power was used to identify socio-economic factors that influence women’s decision-making on sex and family size. A survey of 568 married and cohabiting women was conducted in Mahikeng, South Africa in 2012. Structured questionnaires were used in data collection and were analysed using descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression methods. The Findings of the study revealed 60.7% and 70.1% women participate in decisions on sex and on size of family respectively. Perceptions husbands had the right to sex, experience sexual violence, being in religious and traditional unions had negative impacts on women’s sexual autonomy. Employed women and reporting choosing of partners significantly enhanced women’s sexual autonomy. Traditional union, experienced of sexual violence sex, perceptions that husbands had right to sex, increasing age, and number of living children significantly reduced women’s decision-making autonomy on family size. The findings partially validated the sexual division of constructs of labour and power in the theory of gender and power. We recommend that women need to be empowered socially and economically to decide freely on sex and family size as indicators of sexual and reproductive health.

scholarly journals MENINJAU ULANG SANKSI KEBIRI KIMIA DARI PERSPEKTIF PEMBAHARUAN HUKUM PIDANA BERDASARKAN PANCASILA

LITIGASI ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hario Danang Pambudhi ◽  
Hanifah Alya Chaerunnisaa
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Chemical Castration ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

Starting from the state's concern about the increasing numbers of sexual violence against children, the government has issued a chemical castration policy for perpetrators of sexual violence against children as an additional punishment or treatment. In general, children are a group vulnerable to sexual violence. This is because children are deemed unable to defend themselves and inadequate sex education in Indonesia. Through this research, the researchers tried to see whether the implementation of the castration policy can be the right form of punishment. By using the normative juridical method through an approach to legal principles with qualitative data analysis presented in a descriptive-analytical manner, the researchers found that the chemical castration policy against perpetrators of sexual violence against children actually injures the concept of criminal law reform which is currently on the country's big agenda to create criminal law in accordance with the values ​​of Pancasila, namely peace. The chemical castration policy is also a form of state neglect of the rights of victims and the rights of perpetrators which should be accommodated properly, without having to use chemical castration as a solution. Keyword: Chemical castration, Balance, Victims, Criminal law reform, Perpetrators.

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