Madagascar wants to castrate perpetrators who sexually abused children. Convicted rapists of minors should be surgically or chemically castrated.
Law must be reviewed by the Constitutional Court before President Andry Rajoelina can sign the law. Amnesty International described the planned castrations as “cruel, inhumane and degrading�” Such a punishment violates human rights and also contradicts the laws against torture and ill-treatment in Madagascar, Amnesty International said in a statement on Friday. The bill calls for surgically castrating abusers of very young children. Chemical castration would be used to rape minors older than 13.