In Case of M.G.C. v. Romania, an 11-year-old was sexually assaulted multiple times by a fifty-two-year-old man and five teenagers, resulting in her pregnancy. With the approval of her parents, she was able to terminate the pregnancy.
The appellant was convicted of raping his 12-year-old daughter. He claimed that the rape had not happened because his daughter was not home, and she was not a credible witness. The Supreme Court ultimately agreed with the findings and conclusions of the trial and appeals courts that he had committed the crime of rape. The Supreme Court noted that the testimony of a child-victim is to be given full weight and credence.
A 17-year-old hearing impaired and non-verbal Filipina national reported being raped by her 19-year-old neighbor in 2006. The case remained at the trial court level for five years before the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City acquitted the defendant in 2011. Similar to a previous case heard by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Tayag Vertido v.
Judgment T-126/18 Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ) representing a protected person v. the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cundinamarca, Constitutional Court of Colombia (2018)
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A former President of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry was accused of raping an employee in 1996. The case remained at the trial court level for eight years before the Regional Court of Davao City acquitted him in 2005. The Court scrutinized the victim’s testimony with “extreme caution,” and challenged her credibility because the sexual act itself seemed to be “improbable.” The Court declined to apply existing Filipino Supreme Court precedent by stating that the victim had many opportunities to escape her attacker.
The study was prepared based on the results of a survey conducted among women that were subjected to domestic violence, as well as on a qualitative analysis of Ukrainian legislation.
