The decision was issued after Jeddah police arrested a Saudi schoolteacher on charges of being a serial rapist linked to kidnapping and raping of 13 girls since 2006.

The committee will contain children experts, children surgery experts, social experts, and psychologists.

“Rape crimes defiantly affect the lifestyle of the victims and their families, which is why we are looking to offer the best treatment for them. After overcoming the psychological and negative health effects, the children face difficulties to interact with the society,” said Badawood.

According to Badawood, the medical team’s role is to facilitate the interaction between the raped girls and the society.

“The victims have to be accepted by their families and the society, so they can live a normal life. If the society rejects them, they will fail in their life, study and work in the future,” said Badawood.

He added, “The medical team will cooperate with Jeddah police to arrange several meetings with the victims and follow the social and psychological consequences of the crime. They will also meet the victims’ families to teach them how to accept the occurred and how to deal with their raped children.”

A number of online campaigns and committees recently started to investigate the phenomenon of raping children in Saudi Arabia. A report published in Okaz daily newspaper in April 2011 confirmed that Riyadh had recorded 583 cases involving rape and torture of children over the past three years.

The cases included 404 boys and 179 girls who had been subjected to rape, physical and sexual torture and other forms of violence at home and outside.