Die strafregtelike spanningsveldtussen die kind se reg op vryepsigoseksuele ontplooiing enbehoefte- en magsmisbruik: is dieduitse reg navolgenswaardig?

JurisdictionSouth Africa
AuthorJMT Labuschagne
Citation(2000) 11 Stell LR 284
Pages284-294
Date30 May 2019
Published date30 May 2019
Die strafregtelike spanningsveldtussen die kind se reg op
vryepsigoseksuele ontplooiing enbehoefte- en
magsmisbruik: is dieduitse reg navolgenswaardig? *
2000 Stell LR 284
JMT Labuschagne
MA DRPhil LLD
Professor in Regspluralisme en Regshermeneutiek en Lid van die Sentrum vir
Kinderreg, Universiteit van Pretoria
1. Inleiding
Seksuele kontak tussen volwassenes en kinders is so oud soos die geskiedenis van
die mens self. 1 Jungjohann 2 wys daarop dat inligting daarop dui dat seuns
ongeveer 2 500 jaar gelede in Athene vir seksuele doeleiades uitgehuur is. Van die
vroegste tye af is seuns en meisies, uit oorwegings van ’n seksuele aard, besny of
chirurgies aangepas. 3 De Mause 4 verklaar treffend:
“The history of childhood is a nightmare from which we have recently begun to awaken.
The further back in history one goes, the lower the level of child care, and the more
likely children are to be killed, abandoned, beaten, terrorized, and sexually abused.” 5
Religieuse beskouinge is ook, in seksuele konteks, teen kinders misbruik. So verwys
Suer 6 na ’n metode waarvan in die Middeleeue
* Dank word hiermee uitgespreek teenoor die Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung en die Universiteit van
Pretoria wat my finansieel in staat gestel het om ’n deel van hierdie navorsing in 1999 te kon onderneem
aan die Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in München, Duitsland. Die Universiteit van Pretoria bet ook ’n
inligtings- en orienteringsbesoek aan Rusland en Tseggië moontlik gemaak. Aangesien groot getalle
kinders en jeugdiges uit die sogenaamde Oosbloklande in Wes-Europa geprostitueer en andersinds
seksueel misbruik word, was dié besoek uiters insiggewend.’n Verdere deel van dié navorsing is met die
finansiële steun van die SWO plaaslik onderneem. Die menings in hierdie artikel uitgespreek, word nie
noodwendig deur genoemde instellings gedeel nie.
2000 Stell LR 285
gebruik gemaak is om seksuele misbruik van kinders te omseil, naamlik om die
slagoffer (die kind) van heksery te beskuldig en seksuele verkeer met haar/hom as
heksery te beskryf. Uit betroubare bronne blyk dit dat selfs kinders van drie tot vier
jaar oud op grond hiervan gefolter en verbrand is.
Volgens skattings is een uit elke ses tot een uit elke 20 kinders slagoffers van
seksuele misbruik in die VSA. Volgens beraming is tussen 11% tot 62% van
volwasse vroue en 3% tot 16% van volwasse mans in Duitsland gedurende hulle
kinderjare seksueel misbruik. Uit die omvangrykste studie wat nog in Duitsland
onderneem is, blyk dit dat 6,9% van kinders onder die ouderdom van veertien jaar
1 Bange Sexuelle Gewalt gegen Jungen hat es immer gegeben. Ein Streifzug durch die Geschichte in
Bange & Enders (reds) Auch Indianer kennen Schmerz. Handhuch gegen Sexuelle Gewalt an Jungen
(1995) 11; Bange & Deegener Sexueller Minßbrauch an Kinder (1996) 11–17.
2Das Dilemma des Mißhandelten Kindes (1996) 97.
3 Jungjohann Das Dilemma 98; Labuschagne & De Villiers “Circumcision and Female Genital Mutilation: a
Human Rights and Anthropo-legal Evaluation” 1998 SAPL 277.
4The History of Childhood (1974) 1.
5 Sien ook Arnold Kindheit im eurpäischen Mittelalter in Martin & Nitschke (reds) Zur Sozialgeschichteder
Kindheit (1986) 443.
6Sexuelle Gewalt gegen Kinder (1998) 35. Dit is insiggewend om daarop te let dat verskeie skrywers van
mening is dat die beskuldiging van ’n ander dat hy/sy towery beoefen, dit wil sê die mees verwerplike
status wat iemand in ’n spesifieke gemeenskap tradisioneel beklee het, hedendaags vervang word met ’n
beskuldiging dat hy/sy ’n kinderskender is, dit wil sê teenswoordig die mees verwerplike status wat ’n
persoon kan beklee — sien Brion “The Hidden Persistence of Witchcraft” 1993 Law and Critique 227;
Candill “Social Hysteria and Social Psychoanalysis: A Response to Brion’s ‘The Hidden Persistence of
Witchcraft’ ” 1994 Law and Critique 31; Labuschagne “Geloof in Towery, die Regsbewussyndraende
Persoonlikheid en die Voorrasionele Onderbou van die Regsorde: ’n Regsantropologiese Evaluasie” 1998
Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Etnologie 78 80.
(2000) 11 Stell LR 284
© Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd

Get this document and AI-powered insights with a free trial of vLex and Vincent AI

Get Started for Free

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex