Kowal, S. and Walker, S. and Ashraf, Z. and Sato, Mai (2022) A deadline distraction: why the death penalty is not the answer to rape in South Asia. Project Report. Monash University.
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Abstract
Since 2010, persons convicted of rape offences were executed in at least 9 countries, including India and Pakistan. Moreover, public protests against the rape epidemic, which led governments to introduce capital rape laws, illustrates the need to shine a spotlight in South Asia. This report examines the use of the death penalty for rape in four South Asian countries: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The report provides an overview of capital rape laws in these jurisdictions, discusses the everyday ramifications of such laws, and explores existing and potential avenues by which advocates may campaign for reform.
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| Item Type: | Monograph (Project Report) |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Crime & Justice Policy Research, Institute for |
| Depositing User: | Mai Sato |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2025 07:27 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2025 16:38 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/55288 |
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