Kenyan Anti-FGM Law Punishes Victims More Often Than Perpetrators, New Report Finds
December 20, 2024
December 20, 2024
CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The American Bar Association issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024:
A new report launched today by the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights and the Clooney Foundation for Justice's TrialWatch initiative found Kenyan authorities have used the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (PFGM) Act to disproportionately punish victims of FGM, not perpetrators -- turning the law against the very people it is designed to p . . .
A new report launched today by the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights and the Clooney Foundation for Justice's TrialWatch initiative found Kenyan authorities have used the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (PFGM) Act to disproportionately punish victims of FGM, not perpetrators -- turning the law against the very people it is designed to p . . .