The real test is in carrying out the enforcement provisions contained within the bills, and enforcing them properly requires a monumental shift in policing
In June the National Assembly passed three new bills aimed at addressing the scourge of gender-based violence in SA. The Criminal and Related Matters Amendment Bill, Domestic Violence Amendment Bill, and Criminal Law Amendment Act Amendment Bill are, according to government, the most far-reaching legislative overhaul in the fight against GBV and femicide. seven women a day are murderedThe three bills create several new provisions and offences which aim to create increased protection for women.
We should have similar concerns when it comes to the Criminal Law Amendment Act Amendment Bill, which creates a new offence of sexual intimidation, extends the ambit of the offence of incest, and extends the reporting duty of people who suspect a sexual offence has been committed against a child. Another important change is the expansion of the Domestic Violence Amendment Bill to cover people in engagements, dating, in customary relationships and actual or perceived romantic, intimate or sexual relationships of any duration.It is also significant, as is the expansion of protection to older people and children.
All of this acts as an important reminder that the problems of gender-based violence and sexual offences aren’t just for the police and justice system to deal with. They are wider societal issues that we all need to play our part in addressing.
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