Today, the @ConCourtSA determined that a person can be guilty of rape where they themselves do not commit the act, but were part of a common plan that included rape.
This application of the doctrine of common purpose to gang rape is so key.
This application of the doctrine of common purpose to gang rape is so key.
@ConCourtSA Simply: If a gang of 'friends' plans to commit crimes together & some of them rape, as a gang they are all perpetrators of the rape (not just 'accessories' or bystanders)
Standing by as 'lookouts' or whatever does not absolve any of them.
Standing by as 'lookouts' or whatever does not absolve any of them.
A reminder that rape isn’t a crime purely about ‘sex’.
It is a tool of oppression used to assert violent domination & control over victims (particularly women).
Rape strips victims & survivors of their rights to equality, dignity & bodily integrity.
It is a tool of oppression used to assert violent domination & control over victims (particularly women).
Rape strips victims & survivors of their rights to equality, dignity & bodily integrity.
[Some of the 'hypotheticals' that people are responding with here reveal the depths of rape culture.
That these people are so comfortable to publicly say what they are saying is terrifying. 😣]
That these people are so comfortable to publicly say what they are saying is terrifying. 😣]
You can access the full @ConCourtSA judgment in Tshabalala v The State; Ntuli v The State [2019] ZACC 48 here: collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/hand…
Brilliant work by the State, @CALS_ZA & @CGE_ZA 👌🏾
Brilliant work by the State, @CALS_ZA & @CGE_ZA 👌🏾
