The Council of Ministers approved this Wednesday, April 20, the bill to apply the chemical castration once morest rapists of minors, adolescents and women. This, following the case of the three-year-old girl kidnapped and outraged in Chiclayo.
The proposal of the Executive approved will be sent to the Congress of the Republic for its approval. “This project pursues this measure for those crimes that have a determined penalty, that is, all those crimes of rape with a determined penalty, and not for crimes such as 173 and 173-A that speak of minors that imply life imprisonment.”, specified the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Félix Chero.
Last Monday, April 18, during the incineration ceremony for 16 tons of drugs that were seized by the National Police, President peter castle He said he waited for Parliament’s backing for the draft law chemical castration.
He stressed that efforts are being made to execute public policies for the prevention and eradication of violence, in a transversal manner, in once morest child sexual abuseand to have “strong hand and more severe measures once morest depraved and degenerate that destroy the lives of children and young people”.
Likewise, he made a call with respect to the Judiciary and the Public Ministry, so that they expedite the processes related to this type of case once morest minors.
This week, Justice Minister Félix Chero said that the chemical castration It will be proposed as a measure accompanied by prevention in education and mental health.
What is chemical castration?
The chemical castration is the use of drugs to reduce libido or sexual activity and is a legal form of punishment in countries like South Korea, Poland, the Czech Republic, and in some US states.
The former Minister of Health and urologist, Albert Tejada, explained how it acts in people who are subjected to this process.
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“The chemical castration and non-surgical (which is to remove the testicles) consists of administering a substance to a person, either intramuscularly or with pills, to inhibit the production of testosterone, or counteract it, and in this way inhibit the sexual desire, the impulse and the erection of the penis”noted in RPP.
Drugs used to treat prostate cancer are also used for chemical castration.
What are the penalties for rapists in Peru?
Article 173 of the Penal Code establishes the life imprisonment for those sentenced for rape of minors of 14 years.