“Together Against Rape and Sexual Violence” has launched a new initiative to stop crimes of sexual violence, proposing a voluntary “instrument of commitment” between warring parties to end sexual assaults.

In its fourth and final report, the campaign recorded 51 documented incidents of rape of women and children between February and April 2024.

The report confirmed that Gezira state witnessed the highest rate of these crimes, with nearly 52% of recorded incidents, followed by Khartoum and White Nile.

The campaign began contacting warring factions and armed movements to obtain signatures on the proposed instrument, based on a model developed by the Swiss organization Geneva Cool, which previously succeeded in collecting the signatures of 45 armed movements around the world.
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Lawmakers in the US state of Louisiana approved legislation that may be the first of its kind in the United States, requiring child sex offenders to undergo surgical procedures to castrate them.

The bill, which was approved by the state parliament by an overwhelming majority on Monday, allows judges to order the castration of those convicted of committing certain sexual crimes that require increased punishment, including rape of children under the age of 13.

The bill will now go before State Governor Jeff Landry, where, if approved, it will become law.

Louisiana, along with other states such as California and Texas, has laws that give judges the authority to order chemical castration in some cases, which includes taking hormone-suppressing medications.
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