'Freedom from all forms of violence': using Zimbabwe's new Constitution to encourage rape law reform
| dc.contributor.author | Coltart, Douglas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-05T07:03:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-04-05T07:03:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-04-05T06:54:23Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The right to ‘freedom from all forms of violence from public or private sources’, enshrined in Zimbabwe’s new Constitution, could have a significant impact on efforts to end violence against women (VAW) in the country. The right is particularly relevant in the Zimbabwean context where VAW occurs in a range of settings, from the most intimate of relationships in the home to the state’s use of rape as a political weapon. One way in which the state can fulfil its duty to address VAW is through the reform of the country’s rape law. With comparative reference to the impact of the right to freedom from violence in South African law, this article discusses three areas of Zimbabwean law that present potential obstacles to achieving justice for rape survivors: the definition of the crime of rape, the abolished but tenacious cautionary rule, and the sentencing of sexual offenders. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/sacq.v50il4 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Coltart, D. (2014). 'Freedom from all forms of violence': using Zimbabwe's new Constitution to encourage rape law reform. <i>South African Crime Quarterly</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18540 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Coltart, Douglas "'Freedom from all forms of violence': using Zimbabwe's new Constitution to encourage rape law reform." <i>South African Crime Quarterly</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18540 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Coltart, D. (2014). 'Freedom from all forms of violence'using Zimbabwe's new Constitution to encourage rape law reform. SA Crime Quarterly, (50), 31-40. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2413-3108 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Coltart, Douglas AB - The right to ‘freedom from all forms of violence from public or private sources’, enshrined in Zimbabwe’s new Constitution, could have a significant impact on efforts to end violence against women (VAW) in the country. The right is particularly relevant in the Zimbabwean context where VAW occurs in a range of settings, from the most intimate of relationships in the home to the state’s use of rape as a political weapon. One way in which the state can fulfil its duty to address VAW is through the reform of the country’s rape law. With comparative reference to the impact of the right to freedom from violence in South African law, this article discusses three areas of Zimbabwean law that present potential obstacles to achieving justice for rape survivors: the definition of the crime of rape, the abolished but tenacious cautionary rule, and the sentencing of sexual offenders. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Crime Quarterly LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 SM - 2413-3108 T1 - 'Freedom from all forms of violence': using Zimbabwe's new Constitution to encourage rape law reform TI - 'Freedom from all forms of violence': using Zimbabwe's new Constitution to encourage rape law reform UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18540 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18540 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Coltart D. 'Freedom from all forms of violence': using Zimbabwe's new Constitution to encourage rape law reform. South African Crime Quarterly. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18540. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Academy of Science of South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Public Law | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Law | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.source | South African Crime Quarterly | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sacq | |
| dc.title | 'Freedom from all forms of violence': using Zimbabwe's new Constitution to encourage rape law reform | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |