Case Law Handbook on Violence Against Women and Girls in Commonwealth East Africa
Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda

This case law handbook has been developed by judges in Commonwealth East Africa as a contribution to the development of the jurisprudence of equality. It supports propagation of the procedural recommendations and good practices set out in the Judicial Bench Book on Violence Against Women in Commonwealth East Africa, with a view to providing judicial officers and rule of law practitioners with a comprehensive and up-to-date resource on adjudicating matters fo VAWG in the East African jurisdictions. The handbook presents leading cases of relevance to these jurisdictions and is intended to add to local manuals, guidelines or handbooks that reflect local processes.
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Psychological Abuse
This chapter covers how courts have pronounced themselves on when the defence of insanity can be raised, only during the trial and not at appeal.
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