In condemning a man in a surgical castration for the rape of a 6 -year -old girl proceeded to court in court Madagascar A penalty imposed for the first time in that country,
The man was convicted of castrating for the rape and attempt of a 6 -year -old girl in a 30km community from Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, explained the Attorney General of the Court of Appeal where the case was heard.
‘The person accused in this case was convicted by the court to Life imprisonment with forced works and castration“, He added in a statement shared in the media by the Ministry of Justice.
The castration of castration was adopted last year in Madagascar in the context of a law on the rape of minors 10 years and below. The government explained that it introduced the law because Many such cases have been recorded from the courts.
“Today’s ruling is a strong and important response from the judicial system aimed at serving as a warning to anyone who has corresponding malicious intentions,” the Attorney General said.
Surgical castration is applied as a punishment for some sexual crimes in the Czech Republic and Germany, with the consent of the convict. Louisiana was done last year the first US state which provides for this sentence for the perpetrators of some sexual crimes with victims of minors.
Chemical castration, performed by drugs and can be reversed, has been adopted as a punishment for sexual crimes in many US states, but also in countries such as Poland and South Korea. Britain also examines its adoption.
Human Rights Organizations argue that both of these practices are immoral And that efforts should focus on encouraging abuse victims to denounce abuse, protect them from retaliation and broader prevention efforts.