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 without the consent of the latter
A) RAPE
B) AGGRAVATED
INDECENT
SEXUAL ASSAULT
ASSAULT
A) FALANGA (FOOT WHIPPING)
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.
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 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 drowning.
B) SUBMERSION/SUFFOCATION
(WATER BOARDING)
C) BEATING
D) OTHER ASSAULT
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
other object including bare hands. It also includes the kicking or head-butting of a person; and includes stabbing, shooting and forced
consumption (forcing a person or overeat or eat something poisonous or their own excreta.)