The death penalty is not a solution to prevent rape: UN

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, says that rape is a crime, so the death penalty is not the answer. He made the remarks in a statement posted on the UN website.

Bachelet made the statement Thursday after discussions on the death penalty began when rape became an epidemic in several countries, including Algeria, Morocco, Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, Pakistan and Tunisia.

Calling for redoubled efforts to prevent rape and sexual violence, establish justice, accelerate crime investigations and guarantee justice, Bachelet said: “I also agree with the demand for justice. However, I am concerned that in some places already Laws have been enacted to implement cruel and inhuman punishments and the death penalty for offenders.

Nigerian law has been amended to prevent violence against women and rape. In Bangladesh, the President has issued an ordinance amending the Abuse of Women and Children (Prevention) Act to introduce the death penalty for rape. The people of Pakistan have called for the execution. Many more countries have requested the death penalty.

The main problem in most countries in the world is that victims of sexual violence do not receive justice.

“The main argument in favor of the death penalty is preventing rape, but there is no evidence that the death penalty actually prevents crime more than any other punishment,” Bachelet said.

The UN official said that the main problem in most countries is that those who are victims of sexual violence do not have access to justice in the first place.