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/ 5 June 2007

Populism or real protection?

Soon Parliament will enact the long awaited Sexual Offences Bill. The legislation aims to afford complainants "the maximum and least traumatising protection that the law can provide". Unfortunately, it seems the Bill has lost track of its objectives. Apart from introducing provisions that enable rape victims to receive post-exposure prophylaxis, the Bill does not do much to reduce secondary victimisation of rape complainants.