Protection orders as a means to combat intimate partner violence against women: principles, legal framework and issuance in Uruguay

The aim of this article is to introduce protection orders as the main legal instrument to prevent the revictimization of women who have suffered intimate partner violence. For that purpose, it begins describing the legal recognition process of violence against women in Latin America and the Caribean...

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Autores: Gambetta, Victoria, Russo, Cecilia, Fonseca, Agustina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Uruguay
Institución:Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Repositorio:LIBERI
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:liberi.ucu.edu.uy:10895/7277
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/revistadederecho/article/view/2554
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/7277
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:protection orders
violence against women
revictimization
intimate partner violence
órdenes de protección
medidas cautelares
violencia hacia las mujeres
revictimización
pareja
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Sumario:The aim of this article is to introduce protection orders as the main legal instrument to prevent the revictimization of women who have suffered intimate partner violence. For that purpose, it begins describing the legal recognition process of violence against women in Latin America and the Caribean, and introduces feminist scholar’s contributions. It continues outlining the expected benefits in which the application of protection orders as a means to prevent women’s revictimization are globally sustained. Then, it describes how these principles have been incorporated into the Southern Cone legislation. Finally, it provides a detailed description of protective orders nature in Uruguay, under the legal denomination of precautionary measures (strict definition); and addresses the institutional circuit that each case of intimate partner violence towards women completes from the domestic violence report to the follow up process performed by the police.