No justice for the 15-year-old rape victim
An overview of the mistakes by the justice system in the process against her rapist.
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Criminal Code
How is it possible that for the Prosecution the absence of injury during the rape is more important than the death threat, kidnapping and unlawful deprivation of liberty of a 15-year-old girl?
Determining a sentence
The sentence of eight months and eight days imprisonment is not only significantly disproportionate to the crime, it is also illegal.
Rina Kika
Rina Kika is a human rights lawyer and researcher. She represents cases of strategic litigation in human rights in Kosovo and has recently worked as a fellow for Amnesty International. She studied law at Duke University and the University of Zurich.
This story was originally written in Albanian.