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DRC Penal Code
In 2006, the penal code was amended to “prevent and severely reprimand infractions relating to sexual violence and to ensure systematic support for the victims of these crimes.” It is 5 years later and the DRC government has not met these standards. According to the Women’s Watch article the new penal code did not protect a 13 year old girl in Kinshasa after being raped. The girl’s father had to pay 60$ to file a police report. He had to initiate the charges, the state did not. The girls farther also had to seek legal aid from a NGO, there was no attorney for him to hire by the state. The revised penal code also clashes with the laws and cultural norms of the DRC. For example, the penal code revised the law and now considers sexual contact with a person under 18 rape. However, women are able to marry at the age of 15. Similarly, the people behind the law are also at fault. After a complaint of sexual assault is made it is mandatory for a police officer to start an investigation within a month of the report. Most do not do this. It makes changing the way people view the issue more difficult than it already is. Women are afraid to stand up for themselves and report these issues because they fear nothing will be done.
After doing follow up research I confirmed the initial report that the penal code has done virtually nothing for women’s rights. Yakin Erturk, a human right investigator of the UN travelled to the DCR in 2007, after the code was amended. She witnessed women being tortured and raped by rebels, but also by soldiers and police. How are you suppose to change the way women are views by their peers and themselves if the people who are suppose to protect them are the ones that hurt them? Erutrk further confirmed that no action has been taken against security forces who had raped civilians and continued to say, “there seems to be a pattern of using rape as a planned reprisal to punish communities suspected of supporting opposition groups.” If this is true, is ending the war the only or best way to end sexual violence against women?
The New York Times has described the sexual violence in the Dominican Republic of Congo as the worst in the world. Other measures besides amending the penal code in 2006 have been taken. Also in 2006, a $500 million election was held which was intended to end the DRC’s war, rebellions and bad government. The article goes into detail of other women’s rape and how soldiers and rebels are the main source of sexual assault. What is the best way to stop these men from continuing to commit these crimes? Is it to take their power away completely or go after individuals who commit these crimes? What is certain is that more women need to stand up for their rights and not give up hope.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=92925 < from Women’s Watch
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6922132.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/world/africa/07congo.html
After doing follow up research I confirmed the initial report that the penal code has done virtually nothing for women’s rights. Yakin Erturk, a human right investigator of the UN travelled to the DCR in 2007, after the code was amended. She witnessed women being tortured and raped by rebels, but also by soldiers and police. How are you suppose to change the way women are views by their peers and themselves if the people who are suppose to protect them are the ones that hurt them? Erutrk further confirmed that no action has been taken against security forces who had raped civilians and continued to say, “there seems to be a pattern of using rape as a planned reprisal to punish communities suspected of supporting opposition groups.” If this is true, is ending the war the only or best way to end sexual violence against women?
The New York Times has described the sexual violence in the Dominican Republic of Congo as the worst in the world. Other measures besides amending the penal code in 2006 have been taken. Also in 2006, a $500 million election was held which was intended to end the DRC’s war, rebellions and bad government. The article goes into detail of other women’s rape and how soldiers and rebels are the main source of sexual assault. What is the best way to stop these men from continuing to commit these crimes? Is it to take their power away completely or go after individuals who commit these crimes? What is certain is that more women need to stand up for their rights and not give up hope.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=92925 < from Women’s Watch
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6922132.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/world/africa/07congo.html
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