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 approved the creation of the specialized office, the Gender Secretariat of the Judicial Branch, which is dependent on the Supreme Court of Justice. Since discrimination can sometimes prevent women from accessing justice, the decision adopted measures designed to facilitate such access. The measures protect women’s rights and legitimate interests to achieve effective equality.
This decision ratified the content of the 100 Rules of Brasilia on Access to Justice for Persons in Vulnerable Conditions. The incorporation of such rules guarantees equality and non-discrimination rights, facilitating the participation of people in vulnerable conditions before the Judicial System. The decision also creates a multidisciplinary commission to be operated under the supervision of the Human Rights Directorate Ministry, whose main responsibility is the promotion of these rules, in a plural and coordinated manner, so that they are generally known and adopted.
This decision established the guidelines for the institutional policy on gender for the Paraguayan Judicial Branch.
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.
This decision resolved to implement the content of the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Measures for Women Offenders, known as the Bangkok Rules.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights alleged that, by not respecting ancestral property rights, the Government of Paraguay threatened the Yakye Axa Indigenous Community’s access to food, water and health care, and survival in violation of Articles 4 (right to life), 8 (right to fair trial), 21 (right to property) and 25 (judicial protection) of the American Convention on Human Rights.
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