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Chemical castration: countries like Poland punish rapists; in Bolivia promote project

Several countries seek to toughen penalties and speed up the sentences of those who commit crimes of rape against women and children. One such measure is chemical castration, which involves the administration of drugs that “lower libido” —Diethylstilbestrol (DES), medroxyprogesterone acetate, or hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) – with the aim of preventing the authors of these facts repeat.

Another way to understand chemical castration is the use of drugs to reduce libido or sexual activity.

“LEGAL PUNISHMENT”

It is a legal form of punishment in countries such as South Korea, Poland, the Czech Republic and in some states of the United States.

As reported by CNN, Pakistan recently passed (November this year) legislation that aims to speed up sentences and impose harsher penalties for sexual abuse and assault on minors.

This initiative arose after a massive protest in that country due to the increase in violations against women and children in the country, and the growing demands for justice for victims of sexual assaults, the aforementioned television channel reported on its page Web.

Other nations that apply this procedure are Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Spain, United Kingdom, France and Australia, among others. However, the controversy arises because, according to an article by the BBC, legal experts warn that the measure is “unconstitutional and violates the Pact of San José de Costa Rica.”

“Reducing the libido of a rapist does not solve other issues that make the profile of an abuser, such as his desire to threaten the other,” the psychologist Angélica Alfaro Lio had pointed out to said portal.

IN BOLIVIA

In Bolivia, the opposition group Creemos presented in September of this year a bill that proposes chemical castration of rapists in Bolivia and the sentence of life imprisonment for those who commit parricide and other crimes. “Let’s talk about judicial reforms for women, children, Bolivian society, let’s not talk about judicial reforms simply for quotas of those who will be magistrates,” Senator Érick Morón had pointed out.

Previously in 2018, the then mayor of El Alto Soledad Chapetón had presented to the Legislative Assembly a bill that proposed chemical castration for rapists of minors.

In 2009, the Bolivian Parliament studied the possibility of punishing rapists with chemical or surgical castration, but this initiative was not successful.

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