IT IS A SHAME THAT members of the Senate would look to amend a law when one of their own is standing accused. SENATOR JONATHAN KAIPAY (LP-Grand Bassa) voted against the report to amend the law while Peter Coleman filed a motion for reconsideration. WE FROWN ON the effort by the Judiciary Committee of the Senate to draw comparison of the original Rape Law and the proposed amendment that the punishment provided in the original Rape Law appears to be excessive and therefore unconstitutional. MORE IMPORTANTLY, Liberia has already committed itself to core international human rights treaties and is a party to the major regional human rights instruments which oblige States to respect, protect and fulfill human rights of all persons within the territory and subject to the jurisdiction of the State, without discrimination. IT IS A TRAVESTY of justice for elected officials to try and sneak a law that has serious repercussions for the safety and protection rape victims, into the books.

Source: Front Page Africa October 06, 2017 04:07 UTC