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.
Is whereby a male person has sexual intercourse or anal intercourse with female person
A) RAPE
B) AGGRAVATED
INDECENT without the consent of the latter
SEXUAL ASSAULT
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.
A form of assault whereby water is forced into the victim’s breathing passages so as to simulate