The Upper House preliminary approved two bills regarding the fight against human trafficking and the implementation of a rapist registry. The bills seek to harden the penalties against those involved in human trafficking and to create a natiomal registry of genetic data that included information on those accused of rape. Now the bills be debated upon in the Lower House.
Earlier, the Upper House failed to debate on a single ballot system bill, which was backed by Peronist Adolfo Rodríguez Saá. Due to the fact the several single ballot system bills don’t have comittee’s ruling, they needed to vote of two third of the votes of Senators to be debated in todays’s session, but they failed to do so.
The bill to change current law 26.364, regarding human trafficking, obtained the ruling of Justice and Legal Affairs comittees on Tuesday. The bill seeks to force the State to guarantee legal and medical assistance to victims, and enable them to find jobs and qualification.
Likewise, Senators also debate a bill that seeks to create a national bank of genetic data linked to sexual assaults and rape, in order to facilitate the identification of those responsible of rapes.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald