Repeal Harmful Laws: No Loophole for Rapists and Sexual Violence: No Deadline - prefer ASAP
In Algeria and Tunisia, the law allows rapists to walk free if they marry their victim – if she's aged under 18. A
similar loophole in Moroccan law was unanimously abolished by
parliament on 22 January 2014, two years after 16-year-old Amina Filali
committed suicide having been forced to marry the man she said had raped
her. Other
discriminatory provisions in Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian
legislation fail to protect women and girl survivors of sexual violence,
routinely denying them justice. Click here to sign the petition and
call on the authorities in these countries to repeal these harmful laws
and end discrimination against survivors of sexual violence.
In Algeria and Tunisia, the law allows rapists to walk free if they marry their victim – if she's aged under 18. A
similar loophole in Moroccan law was unanimously abolished by
parliament on 22 January 2014, two years after 16-year-old Amina Filali
committed suicide having been forced to marry the man she said had raped
her. Other
discriminatory provisions in Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian
legislation fail to protect women and girl survivors of sexual violence,
routinely denying them justice. Click here to sign the petition and
call on the authorities in these countries to repeal these harmful laws
and end discrimination against survivors of sexual violence.