| dc.creator |
Mwilolezi, Judith, P. |
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| dc.date |
2020-09-11T13:35:28Z |
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| dc.date |
2020-09-11T13:35:28Z |
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| dc.date |
2020 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2022-10-21T10:32:24Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2022-10-21T10:32:24Z |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/11192/4091 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/11192/4091 |
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| dc.description |
Compulsory Research Report Submitted to Mzumbe University – Mbeya Campus College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of Bachelor Degree of Laws [LL.B] of Mzumbe University |
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| dc.description |
This study examinescompensation to victims of rape in Tanzania: law and practice. In this respect, it focuses on finding out that whether the available laws address effectively the issue of compensation to victims of rape. The significant of this research is that it will be useful to different stakeholders such as Victims of rape and the public at large claiming on the noncompliance of law on order of compensation The researcher has been guided by two hypotheses namely, the law does not adequately guarantee victims of Rape their right to compensation despite being a constitutional one, the Courts of law does not comply with the requirements of law on order of compensation to the victims of rape which leads the victims to remain uncompensated, the researcher used both primary and secondary data collection methods. This study has finds out that with the current legal frameworks adequate compensation to the victims of rape cannot be achieved since the laws does not regard compensation as an important right to the victims. Therefore, certain steps must be taken It is generally recommended that in order to make sure that the victims are well compensated all laws that leaves discretion to the court in deciding as to whether to award compensation or not to award need to be amended so to make it mandatory. This will cure the problem of leaving the victims uncompensated |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Mzumbe University |
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| dc.subject |
Victims of rape - Tanzania |
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| dc.title |
Compensation to victims of rape in Tanzania: law and practice |
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| dc.type |
Thesis |
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