Subscribe to this blogAmnesty has released a new report, saying that women raped in the Nordic countries have little chance of acquiring justice. The rapists are rarely punished for their abuses.
In the report “Case Closed, Rape and Human Rights in the Nordic Countries”, the situation for rape-victims in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland gets highly criticized. The prosecutions of rapists here rarely end in conviction. The reason for this is often deficient police work ending in cases being dropped. One of the report’s other main conclusions is that prejudice against women’s sexuality weakens their credibility in the justice system, while similar ideas about men’s sexuality, on the contrary enhances the men’s credibility.
Though governments try to reverse this trend, enough is not done. We need to put pressure on the countries’ leaders to secure women’s rights. Men’s attitudes towards women also have to change. That a woman dresses provocative is not an excuse for rape, neither is flirting. No means no!
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