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Note for Equality N° 17: Femicide or feminicide as a specific type of crime in national legislations in Latin America: an on-going process

By 2015 16 countries in Latin America had modified their laws to include a specific type of crime referring to the murder of women under the name of femicide or feminicide, or as an aggravating circumstance of homicide.

Legislation on femicide/feminicide is, without a doubt, a great leap in women’s rights; however, it is necessary to emphasize as the Mechanism for the Tracking of the Belém do Pará Convention (MESECVI as it is known in Spanish) outlines the necessity for justice administration organisms to follow-up on the implementation of the penal law and the aggravating circumstances presented therein.

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PDF icon Nota para la Igualdad Nº17: El femicidio o feminicidio como tipo específico de delito en las legislaciones nacionales de América
PDF icon Note for Equality Nº 17: Femicide or feminicide as a specific type of crime in national legislations in Latin America