Federal Minister for Law and Justice has urged the media to play an effective role for implementation of the Anti-Rape legislation in the country. He expressed his views in the meeting of the Special Anti-Rape Committee. A 42 member committee had already been notified to take part in the deliberations to formulate rules and guidelines for affective implementation of the Anti-Rape Laws. He said this was the first initiative of this sort to deal with rape laws and sexual offences. He thanked the participants for their time and valuable input in this regard. He said that idea behind this committee is to help women and children get full benefit out of the legislation.
The members of the committee shared their suggestions legal issues, medico-legal procedures, maintenance of sex offenders registry, social issues such as victim blaming, victim mapping etc.
Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Justice, Barrister Maleeka Bokhari said that the Law Ministry is working diligently to implement the Law in its true letter and spirit. She said the committee will be split into sub-committees for expert suggestion in each relevant area. A sub-committee will also be formed for input by media persons in order to create awareness regarding this sensitive issue in an effective manner.
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