The Warrant

We discuss the prosecution of sexual violence cases in Pakistan with Rana Hassan Abbas, Assistant District Prosecutor - ICT.

Show Notes

In this episode, our host Zainab Mustafa, Team Lead for the Centre of Criminal Justice Sector Reform and Capacity Building (C3) and the Deputy Director at the Research Society of International Law (RSIL), sits down with Rana Hassan Abbas (Assistant District Prosecutor - ICT) to discuss the prosecution of sexual violence cases in Pakistan.

The podcast includes a discussion on the reasons behind high rate of acquittals in sexual violence cases, and deficiencies in the investigation of sexual violence cases.

Also available on YouTube.

What is The Warrant?

The Warrant is an initiative of the Centre for Criminal Justice Reform and Capacity Building (C3) at the Research Society of International Law, Pakistan (RSIL), an independent, non-partisan think tank based in Pakistan. C3 amalgamates RSIL’s capacities in research and analysis, policy formulation, legislative drafting, governance and administrative strengthening, statistical analysis, technological innovation, and capacity building to provide contextualized evidence-based solutions to criminal justice challenges in Pakistan.