This decision promoted the systematization of complaints relating to domestic and intra-family violence. It updated the Violence Registration Form approved by Decision No. 454 dated April 24, 2007. The form promotes a system of centralized information and, consequently, accurate statistical indicators that will help authorities to better understand and prevent violence against women.
This decision provides that complaints of domestic violence must be channeled through the Permanent Attention Office. This Office is responsible for receiving all types of domestic or intra-family violence claims, without making any distinction based on the sex or age of the victims. Since violence against women constitutes a violation of human rights, the creation of the Office is intended to streamline judicial proceedings, serving victims of physical or mental abuse in a timely and efficient manner.
In 2008, Francisco Ramírez Irala was found guilty of domestic violence against his wife. The Justice of the Peace ordered the accused to refrain from living at their home or being within 300 meters of their house or any other place that represented a risk for the victim for a period of 60 days. The accused appealed, and the sentence was confirmed. Subsequently, the accused filed a request before the Supreme Court, alleging that the sentence caused him great harm because he was a colonel in the military with an impeccable career and was being evaluated for a promotion. Th
In 2011, Lucia Sandoval informed her husband that she had filed a domestic violence complaint and obtained a protection measure against him, which required him to leave their home. In response, Sandoval’s husband threatened her with a gun and, in her attempt to escape, a physical fight ensued, and the gun was fired, resulting in her husband’s death. Subsequently, Sandoval was charged with the intended homicide of her husband and spent over three years in prison.
Law 599 of 2000 whereby the Penal Code of Colombia is issued.
This law amends Paraguay’s Criminal Code and establishes, among other things, penalties for (i) sexual harassment, Article 133; (ii) domestic violence, Article 229; (iii) sexual coercion, including sexual abuse without intercourse, Article 128; (iv) human trafficking, Article 129; (v) sexual abuse of defenseless victims, Article 130; and (vi) sexual abuse of persons held in custody, children under 14, and/or persons under guardianship, Articles 130, 131, 135, 136, 137 and 230.
Judgment SP2251-2019 on the definition of a "family unit" in domestic violence cases, Supreme Court of Justice, Criminal Cassation Chamber (2019)
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