1. Laws and Policies Across the Globe
Pressmen Sybil and Gideon

2. Why this research?
It is an expository research. Reviewing laws across the globe

3. Contents Laws and Policies: how they matter
Brief review of Laws across countries
Indonesia: the Chemical Castration case
The state of Rape in Indonesia
Sexual Violence against women
Is the punishment befitting?

4. Laws and Policies: How They Matter

5. Brief review of Laws across countries

6. Its illegal to die in the British Parliament
Its illegal to be fat- Japan

7. Singapore : Sales and Import of Chewing gum
Illegal to feed Pigeons- Venice

8. Legal to marry a dead person-France
Illegal to collect rain water-Colorado

9. Illegal to name a Pig Napoleon- France
Only qualified electricians change bulbs- Victoria,Austria
Illegal to name a Pig Napoleon- France

10. No minimum marriage age- Saudi Arabia
Illegal to flush toilet after 10pm- Switzerland

11. Illegal to fart afer 6pm on thursdays- Florida
One in every 5 songs on radio must be Canadian
Illegal to fart afer 6pm on thursdays- Florida

12. Indonesia: the Chemical Castration Case
President Joko Widodo

13. Castration The concept is historic- eunuchs.
Involves removal or destruction of one or both testicles.
It is a drug or hormone treatment to suppress sex drive.

14. Reasons for human-castration include:
Willfully: for inability to control excessive sexual desires.
Treatment of illnesses such as cancer
Transgender purposes – male to female
Punishment : for sexual assault and otherwise

15. Types of castration Surgical Removal Self castration
- Elastrator- suffocating the scrotum with rubber band.
- Burdizzo – intense pressure
Heating
Chemical castration

16. Who performs a castration
Doctors
Cutters- retired vets. Behind the curtain. Illegal

17. Countries: occurrences of Chemical Castration for Sexual Offences
Argentina (2010)
United Kingdom (1952)
Germany (1960s)
Poland (2009)
India (still a Parliamentary debate)
Moldova (2012)
South Korea (2011)
United States (1966, 1997, 2008)
Russia (2011)
etc.

18. Ranking countries with the most rape occurrences:
United States
South Africa
Sweden
India
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Canada
Sri Lanka
Ethiopia

19. Rape defined by the law
“Anyone who commits violence or threatens violence to force a child-person below 18 years- to have intercourse with him or with another person that causes: more than one victim, serious injury, mental disorder, infectious diseases, the loss or malfunction of the reproductive organs and /or death of the victim” Article 81

20. The state of Rape in Indonesia
¼ of Asian men admits to have one rape, (UN report).
31.9% of respondents admitted – rape
Source: CNN.com

21. 3rd worst place for women to live in among G20s.
India first, Saudi Arabia second. Similar rape problems

22. Motivation of offenders
73% 0f sexual offenders said : SEXUAL ENTITLEMENT
“The belief that men have right to sex with women regardless of consent.” UNIFEM) (2013) United Nations Development Fund for Women

23. Source: CNN.com

24. Other motivations include:
Entertainment
Punishment or Expression of Anger
Alchohol

25. Who’s to blame? Women are blamed often for their dressing.
Judges do ask, “what is the length of your pants.”
Victims are scared to report rape cases.

26. The rape and murder of 14 years Yuyun.
Yohanna Yembise, Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection, Blamed the parents for “Working and not being available for their children”

27. Objections In the words of President Widodo,
“Sexual Assault is an extraordinary crime. It deserves an extraordinary Punishment.”

28. It is cruel and inhuman- amnesty international
It violates the international law prohibition set by International Covenant on Civil Political Right (ICCPR)
It violates our medical ethics-Indonesian doctors Association
It is cruel and inhuman- amnesty international

29. Do you think the castration technique is too extreme?
Do you think it can really curb the rate of sexual violence?

30. References

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Thanks
For
Listening
Pressman Gideon
Pressman Sybil