11 Jul 2007: ISS Seminar, Pretoria: For Better or Worse? Considering the Implications of the Sexual Offences Bill

ISS Seminar: For Better or Worse? Considering the Implications of the Sexual Offences Bill
Pretoria, 11 July 2007

 

The Sexual Offences Bill is in its final stages of being passed into law. The new Bill has been welcomed by the media and those who have advocated for the broadening of the legal definition of the crime of rape. While this aspect of the new law is uncontroversial, other clauses including the compulsory testing of rape suspects based on a request from victims, are far more controversial. In this seminar the three speakers will reflect on some of the difficult and controversial aspects of the Bill.

 

Speakers:

 

Steffi Roehrs, Researcher at the Gender, Health & Justice Research Unit of the University of Cape Town:
Positive or negative? Compulsory HIV Testing of Alleged Sexual and Other Offenders

 

Lisa Vetton, Researcher and policy analyst at the Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre to End Violence Against Women:
New crimes and dull procedures: an overview of the Sexual Offences Bill.


Nicolé Fick, Researcher at the Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce: The sexual Offences Bill: Unintended consequences

 

The seminar will also launch the latest edition of ISS’s SA Crime Quarterly which features an article by Roehrs. Other topics in this issue are:

  • Perceptions of crime and violence in South Africa - results of a Markinor survey
  • The role of the private security industry in crime prevention
  • The impact of sentencing policy on levels of crime
  • Sentencing and prison population growth


Date: 11 July 2007
Time: 10h30 – 12h30 followed by a light lunch
Venue: ISS Conference Room, Block C, Brooklyn Square
RSVP: Busi Nyume 012 3469500 [email protected]

 

Parking is available at the Brooklyn Mall and ABSA parkades at your own cost.

 

This seminar is made possible by funding from the Hand Seidel Stiftung.

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