Indonesia passes chemical castration law for paedophiles

Indonesia's parliament has passed controversial laws authorising chemical castration, minimum sentences and execution for convicted paedophiles. Pres. Joko Widodo proposed the changes in May following the gang rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl.

Chemical castration is the use of drugs to reduce sex drive and libido, without sterilisation or removing organs. The procedure entails injecting convicts with female hormones.
The new laws also allow judges to sentence paedophiles to death or tag them electronically, and applies a 10-year minimum sentence for child sex crimes. Pres. Widodo said "our constitution respects human rights, but when it comes to sexual crimes there is no compromise.
We are strong and we will be very firm. We will hand out the maximum penalty for sexual crimes. In my opinion… chemical castration, if we enforce it consistently, will reduce sex crimes and wipe them out over time."