chemical castration is too humanitarian by my book... if i were in charge, i'de opt for the use of rusty machetes

...then again, thank God i'm not in charge ;)

Shannon, Los Angeles, USA

It is about time that somone in a position of power has stepped forward to protect children from been victims of paedophiles. A child's life is ruined once something this horrific happens to them.Sentences/punishments are too soft in this overly PC world.

Brendan, London, UK

This whole argument is about some twisted form of revenge. There is absolutely no evidence to support that medieval punishments reduce crimes. All the emotionally guided, morally outraged people out there is going to scream now but this is still a fact. Poland have got to find a different path.

Johan, Stockholm, Sweden

Well done Poland! I would like to see the same treatment applied to half of the current Labor cabinet!

David, Ann Arbor, USA

People who callously torture, rape or kill etc. do not worry or care about the human rights of their victims.
The perpetrators of such crimes must be seen to have forfeited their 'human rights' and paedophiles fully deserve to be chemically castrated.
Let's start caring about the victims instead.

Edwin, Helsingborg, Sweden

this one really challenges my left side. not sure what to think ...

emma, London,

Osteoporosis? It's a lot better than what I'd do to them if I caught them.

Diane, Sutton,

Commit a criminal act and you should forfeit your human rights.
For too long the rights of criminals has ruled over the safety and rights of present and future victims.

Bill, Harrogate,

You have to be human to have human rights. Raping your own daughter and treating her like a piece of meat goes against every human quality. Therefore I am all for chemical castration, sex offenders get too many 'rights' in my view and more should be spent on their victims.

Anna, Chelmsford, Essex

This is bound to attract outrage from human rights campaigners however - you dont see them showing up in support of the victims campaigning for the childrens rights?

The soft approach just leads to more innocent children being attacked. This is a bold move for Poland lets hope others follow.

Noel, london,

Dennis, that means there would be an added bonus to the treatment of these people. The suffering for their victims never goes away.

Tony, Midlands,

Good, about bloody time. When can we do it in the UK?Stuff their human rights, they forfeited them when they took the rights of their victims away.

CA, Manchester, UK

"...and debases the medical profession."

Unlike boob jobs and Botox injections.

Stan, Portland, Oregon, USA

you said .human rights.? they rea nor human so they should be hanged.

johnympl, hull, uk

Im bothered that chemical castration doesn't cut reoffending down to zero. Surgical castration is the only thing that works.If this is the accepted penalty then perpetrators know in advance what will happen -their choice.

jenny, derby,

Well there are enough of them here to start doing it here.

Salvatore, Richmond, England

Rapists have voluntarily given up their rights as humans, and therefor do not need to be treated as such. Sterilize the sick, castrate first-time rapists, and put to death repeat offenders. Rape is worse than murder, and if 84% of the country agrees, then there should be no question about it.

Mike D, Moscow, US

Do they plan on castrating female pedophiles as well, or will they treat them more leniently than their male counterparts??

DeanK, Rome, Italy

Excellent, it is very rare to see the criminals actually being punished effectively, to prevent them from from repeating their crimes.

Art, Toronto, Canada

This is irrational moral outrage fuelling a larger emphasis on retribution in justice. There is no valid moral argument to be made for retribution, and the current outrage is merely a symptom of the entirely contingent moral attitudes that prevail today. Get a grip. Paedophiles ARE human beings.

Patrick Madden, Edinburgh,

Human Rights you say IDS, Northampton, what about those of the child victims? Liberals like you are the cause of our current lack of respect of the law. Well done Poland

N.Attwood, Raynes Park,

It is disturbing that, of the many posts, only Johan from Stockholm has the intelligence to point out the horrific consequences of living such under a system of vigilante justice.

Michael, Durham, UK

Unacceptable - It is a violation of human rights.
You'll have to think of something else.
Decisions regarding the governing of a country should be made using reasoning and not based on an emotional reaction.

IDS, Northampton,

Common sense from someone at last. Time to do away with all the humane rights and Lilly liveried liberal and political correctness and get back to some good old fashioned natural justice.

Let the perverts be very, very scared.

D Case, Newquay,

And what on earth is wrong with compulsory streilisation of mentally ill patients? Political correctness gone mad!

Mark, ibrag, Malta

Could be cheaper to hang them?

Sarah , Loughton, England

i would prefer that they are excecuted!

Luke, Port Macquarie, Australia

Top idea. Come on Austria & Belgium, we`re waiting!

Ozzy, Oldham, UK

Cheers to Poland and may other countries follow suit in the immediate future. Who cares about the "rights" of child rapers!

frank, los angeles, usa

Great news , unfortunately if you were a paedophile and wanted to practise your "dark arts " Would you stay in a country that enabled the removal of your weapon of choice or would you , perhaps , move abroad to a country that would supply , great benefits and somewhere to drag your victims back to?

Nick Dixon, Sutton Coldfield, England

Justice is supposed to be blind. You can't use moral outrage in sentencing. The general population doesn't have the knowledge or intelligence to make those decisions. Do we really want lynch mobs? "Yes, for child molestors", some of you will scream. What about murderers? Where does it end.

Johan, Stockholm, Sweden

Excellent news! It is time the world took a stronger stance against child molesters. It may not stop all pedophiles from attacking children again, but if it causes a decrease in the numbers then it should be done.

DJ, Ann Arbor, USA

Polish PMs first reaction to this story of incest was physical castration of the offender, only later somebody told him that it would be against the law.

Piotr, Warsaw, Poland

Once again we have the human rights activists baying about human rights being denied to every god damn criminal, and these same sick rights activists say/do nothing about the victims of these criminals and their crimes. Activists need to come under investigation for obstruction of justice!

lionel, ny,

"I don't think you can call such individuals ...human beings," " We have the right to use measures that will protect the public." The punishment should suit the crime. I'd say lethal injection before jail is more appropriate. Why rob law abiding citizens of their taxes to keep him alive?

Jamie, London, UK

Sounds harsh but fair and will doubtless act as a deterent - for those who think it breaches human rights, if a paedophile is genuinely repentant they would want help regardless, if they don't want help you have to assume they don't want to change and are therefore still a risk.

Doug Bates, St. Albans,

Isn't this an acknowledgement that this kind of behaviour cannot be controlled? And if that's the case, why is the offender punished? It seems to me to be an either/or matter - either you regard this as a crime and punish it by imprisonment, or you regard it as an illness and fix it by castration.

Mike, Chester,

At last a Prime Minister caring more about the rights of victims than the rights of the criminals.......

martin, lyon, france

Tusk's stance is a breath of fresh air after years of PC political halitosis from craven Western criminal-appeasers. If it's OK for a legal system to take away a burglar's, knifeman's or gunman's tools of trade then a fortiori it's OK to take way a serious sex offender's too.

Gordon Alexander, Frome, UK

It is a painless and reversible process which bring great benefits to society.

Des, Edinburgh,

We should do that here.

Tom Wright, Reigate,

I am the first to shout about human rights.; but I do have to agree that the rights of the victims and the danger to any future victim must be considered before that of the offender.

Kathryn, Preston, UK

the same medication is also used as a cancer therapy, partitularly of the prostate. Beside reducing testosterone to castrate levels, it also can leach calcium from bones, resulting in osteoporosis.

dennis vanderweide, los angeles, united States