ANNEXURE 3. DEFINITIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.
TERM
DEFINITION
MURDER
Unlawful and intentional killing of another person
SEXUAL ASSAULT:
It is knowingly causing another person to engage in an unwanted sexual
act by force or threat.
a)
RAPE
b) AGGRAVATED
INDECENT
SEXUAL ASSAULT
Is whereby a male person has sexual intercourse or anal intercourse with
female person without the consent of the latter
Is whereby a person including a female commits a sexual act involving
the penetration of any part of the victim’s body, other than a male person
having sexual intercourse or anal intercourse with a female person,
without the consent of the victim, including active and passive oral sex
and anal sex between two individuals of any gender.
ASSAULT
Is whereby a person commits an assault upon another person intending
to cause that other person bodily harm.
Is a form of corporal punishment whereby the soles of the feet are beaten
a)
FALANGA
(FOOT
WHIPPING)
with an object such as a cane, or rod, a piece of wood, or a whip. The
victim may be immobilized before the application of the beating by
tying, securing the feet in leg irons, locking the legs into an elevated
position or hanging upside down.
A form of assault whereby water is forced into the victim’s breathing
b) SUBMERSION/SUFFOCATIO
passages so as to simulate drowning.
N (WATER BOARDING)
c)
BEATING
Is any form of physical assault including hitting of a person with or
without an object such as a stick, belt, whip, barbed wire, log or any
d) OTHER ASSAULT
other object including bare hands. It also includes the kicking or headbutting of a person; and includes stabbing, shooting and forced
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