ANNEXURE 1. 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
SEXUAL ASSAULT
INDECENT 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.
A) FALANGA (FOOT WHIPPING)
Is a form of corporal punishment whereby the soles of the feet are beaten 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.
B) SUBMERSION/SUFFOCATION
(WATER BOARDING)
C) BEATING
D) OTHER ASSAULT
A form of assault whereby water is forced into the victim’s breathing passages so as to
simulate drowning.