Draft Bill

Parliamentarian calls for toughening penalties of anal rape

Sun, 17 Dec 2017 - 01:07 GMT

Draft bill proposed by parliamentarian to amend definition of rape in Article 267 of the penal code to involve oral and anal penetration.

Parliament to discuss 1st bill to criminalize child marriage

Sat, 16 Dec 2017 - 07:18 GMT

The first draft bill to criminalize child marriage is to be discussed in Parliament's Constitutional and Legislation Affairs Committee in the upcoming days.

Parliament is drafting new bill to prevent violence against women

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 - 12:49 GMT

The parliament is working on a new bill to prevent violence against women, Second Deputy Chairman of Human Rights Committee Margaret Azer stated on Thursday.

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