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• Title: Sexual Offences Law Reform in Pacific Island Countries: Replacing Colonial Norms with International Good Practice Standards.
• Author : Melbourne University Law Review
• Release Date : January 01, 2009
• Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 371 KB

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[Sexual assault, primarily perpetrated against women and girls, is widespread throughout Pacific Island communities, as in other parts of the world, cutting across boundaries of culture, class, education, income and ethnicity. This article examines sexual offences provisions in 15 Pacific Island countries and illustrates that, apart from the introduction of a contemporary sexual offences framework in Papua New Guinea in 2003, all retain outdated models, adopted from the main colonising countries of the region, that are based on notions of morality rather than the protection of women and children. The introduction of a good practice model in PNG coupled with a recent region-wide focus on violence against women provides, however, an ideal platform for law reform initiatives in Pacific Island countries'. Whilst criminal law reform cannot itself prevent sexual assault, this article argues that the presence of a strong legal framework has an important role in a prevention strategy by designating acceptable standards of sexual conduct, countering stereotypes about sexual assault and providing more effective means of prosecuting offenders.] I INTRODUCTION

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