Jurisprudential obligations according to the Inter-American Court in the adaptation of legislation on sexual and institutional violence

Since its formation, the Inter-American Court has heard a large number of cases of human rights violations, among which it has analyzed investigations into alleged sexual violations and the commission of institutional violence. In this context, there is an urgent need to adapt the domestic legislati...

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Autor: Caballero Echevarría, Claudia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/29033
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/agendainternacional/article/view/29033
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Legal inequality
Sexual violence
Institutional violence
Regulations
Discrimination
Desigualdad legal
Violencia sexual
Violencia institucional
Normativa
Discriminación
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Sumario:Since its formation, the Inter-American Court has heard a large number of cases of human rights violations, among which it has analyzed investigations into alleged sexual violations and the commission of institutional violence. In this context, there is an urgent need to adapt the domestic legislation of States to address these issues. The objective of this article is to expose the obligations established jurisprudentially by the Inter-American Court on legisla-tion to prevent and eradicate sexual and institutional violence. Thus, based on an analysis of the Court’s historical cases, various types of inter-American standards were identified corresponding to compliance with the obligations assumed by the States parties to the American Convention and the Convention of Belém do Pará. All of these express duties related to the creation, modification and repeal of regulations with the purpose of promoting legal equality and preventing the commission of sexual and institutional violence.