ANNEXURE 1. DEFINITIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. TERM DEFINITION MURDER Unlawful and intentional killing of another person SEXUAL ASSAULT: It is knowingly causing another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat. A) RAPE B) AGGRAVATED INDECENT Is whereby a male person has sexual intercourse or anal SEXUAL ASSAULT intercourse with female person without the consent of the latter Is whereby a person including a female commits a sexual act involving the penetration of any part of the victim’s body, other than a male person having sexual intercourse or anal intercourse with a female person, without the consent of the victim, including active and passive oral sex and anal sex between two individuals of any gender. ASSAULT A) FALANGA WHIPPING) Is whereby a person commits an assault upon another person intending to cause that other person bodily harm. (FOOT B) SUBMERSION/SUFFOCATI ON (WATER BOARDING) C) BEATING D) OTHER ASSAULT Is a form of corporal punishment whereby the soles of the feet are beaten with an object such as a cane, or rod, a piece of wood, or a whip. The victim may be immobilized before the application of the beating by tying, securing the feet in leg irons, locking the legs into an elevated position or hanging upside down. A form of assault whereby water is forced into the victim’s breathing passages so as to simulate drowning. Is any form of physical assault including hitting of a person with or without an object such as a stick, belt, whip, barbed wire, log or any other object including bare hands. It also includes the kicking or head-butting of a person; and includes stabbing, shooting and forced consumption (forcing a person or overeat or eat something poisonous or their own excreta.) TORTURE Any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person by or instigation of public official or other person acting in an official capacity for purposes of obtaining from the victim 20

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