Sonke has joined UWC and UCT in a joint submission to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development on the Sexual Offences Act Amendment Bill. The Amendment Bill proposes appropriate penalties for particular sexual offences, following the findings in the Prince case that portions of the Act were not clear enough.
The Joint Submission was drafted by the Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape; the Gender, Health & Justice Research Unit, University of Cape Town; Parliamentary Programme, Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape and Sonke Gender Justice.
