Macedonia: Pedophiles To Be CASTRATED

Macedonia — Macedonia's parliament has endorsed a bill that subjects repeat offenders convicted for sexually abusing children to chemical castration. However, the country's leading child protection group says the law is still too lenient.
Lawmakers voted last Monday in favour of introducing more harsh penalties for convicted pedophiles. The maximum sentence was
increased from 15 years to life imprisonment, and chemical castration on second-time offenders was agreed upon. Other sexual-related crimes against children are now punishable by between three and 10 years in prison.
The legislation also offers reduced prison sentences to first-time offenders agreeing to undergo the procedure voluntarily. The procedure itself means regular injections that decrease the production of testosterone.
The Megjasi child protection group, which had campaigned for the procedure to be imposed on pedophiles, said the penalty should be mandatory even for first-time offenders to prevent repetition.
About 1,000 children are victims of sexual abuse and harassment in Macedonia each year, but only about a quarter to a third of those cases are reported to the police.
The Macedonian Ministry of Labor and Social Policy said 23 people were convicted of pedophilia in 2013.
In June 2012, Macedonia launched an online register of convicted pedophiles who had been released, containing their pictures, names and addresses.
Several other European countries also have legislation allowing for the chemical castration of pedophiles.

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