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The Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean's repository of violence laws currently contains more than 380 legal instruments, classified by country, from 38 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as relevant legislation from Spain and Portugal.

Its content ranges from laws on domestic or intra-family violence, known as first-generation laws; the most recent regulations on integral protection against gender-based violence against women with their recent modifications and reforms-, which currently exist in 13 Latin American countries; the laws that criminalize the crime of femicide in 17 Latin American countries; In addition to regulations on sexual offenses; on harassment in the workplace; specific laws on street harassment and on the dissemination of intimate images by electronic media; also the law against harassment and political violence against women in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, and the law that punishes harassment against women in political life in Peru, the only specific laws in the region.

Also included are laws that criminalize and punish human trafficking and smuggling, regulatory norms of laws on violence against women; those that determine the creation of specialized bodies in different areas of the State; those that establish specific procedural norms for issues of violence on criminal procedure abbreviations, specialized courts, and the inadmissibility of alternative sentences; those that define the implementation of registration systems for cases of violence and those that refer to protection measures for victims, among others.

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  • 2013
    Jamaica

    Act 19 - Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) (Ammendment) Act

    Amends the original Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act. Increased penalty from ten to twenty years to ensure that punishment for such an offence was commensurate with punishment for offences such as forcible sexual assault. The legislation was also amended to include an expanded definition of “exploitation” to include offences similar to human trafficking such as carnal abuse and rape; as well as, to include circumstances where a person is kept in debt bondage.

  • 2012
    Jamaica

    The Evidence (Special Measures) Act

    Allows victims of crimes such as sexual assault and abuse to give evidence without having to face the perpetrator in court.

  • 2009
    Jamaica

    The Sexual Offences Act

    This Act repeals the Incest (Punishment) Act and certain provisions (sections 44 to 67) of the Offences against the Person Act. It has new provisions dealing with rape and other sexual offences. It also provides for the establishment of a Sex Offender Registry. Offences recognized under the Sexual Offences Act 2009 include: Rape, grievous sexual assault, buggery, sex trafficking/procuration, sexual offences in relation to children, sexual offences in relation to persons with mental impairment.

  • 2007
    Jamaica

    The Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act

    The object of this Act is to prescribe measures to prevent and combat trafficking in persons with particular regard being had to victims who are women and children.

  • 2004
    Jamaica

    The Domestic Violence Act (amended 2004)

    Provides for enhanced protection (Protection Orders, Occupation Orders, and Ancillary Orders) for victims of domestic violence and abuse and applies to both spouses and de facto (common law) spouses. The amended Act makes provision for persons in visiting relationships and makes provision for a third party, through permission of the court to start legal proceedings on behalf of someone who has suffered from spousal abuse.

  • 2000
    Jamaica

    Criminal Justice Administration Act

    This Act is an attempt to make the judicial process less harrowing to victims of violence in the interest of ‘fairness'. It details the criminal acts with gender background.

  • 1995
    Jamaica

    Domestic Violence Act

    This Act provides for enhanced protection for victims of domestic violence and abuse and applies to both spouses and de facto (common law) spouses. Also now makes provision for persons in visiting relationships.

  • 1992
    Jamaica

    The Offences Against the Person Act

    This Act describes the different crimes against women, including rape, sexual harassment, attempts to force abortion etc. Under the Incest (Punishment) Act recommendations were made to widen the category of offenders to include stepfathers (step relationships) and persons in loco parentis relationships.