Rape: Bribery hindering victim’s search for justice Viola Kiden | April 27, 2017 | 9:00 pmA local court proceeding in South Sudan. PHOTO//
UNDPA representative of the Gender section at the Jebel Police station says corruption and backdoor deals are hindering the provision of justice to victims of rape in Juba. Joy Peter said many cases of sexual assault are not tried because of lack of respect for the rule of law.She said her section has received complaints from victims whose cases have not been taken to court.“Sometimes there are some families which are very poor, and when a case like this happened, the person who did it will go ad talk to them and give them small amount of money and they take it,” said Joy. She also said families of the victims or the affected are usually silenced with money in order not to proceed to the court with the case.“The main problem is bribe and corruption, we cannot tell the families not to take money, because they always solve the issue separately when we are not present,” she said. Ms. Joy said her section has been helping victims get justice through the courts. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14opuKDUri%2BNNO%2BqRn0Q_KTvaiqymeDVZgsJ-z18-xMra1Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
