Sentence of the Constitutional Court 936-95

Court held that a criminal law that punished female adultery more severely than male adultery was unconstitutional, in violation of the idea of equality among persons, as well as equality between married people.

El tribunal sostuvo que una ley penal la cual castigaba el adulterio femenino más severamente que el adulterio masculino era inconstitucional y violaba la idea de igualdad entre las personas, así como la igualdad entre las personas casadas.

Topics

• Gender discrimination

Geographical location

• Central America & the Caribbean
• Guatemala

Keywords

• adultery
• gender inequality

Year

• 1996

External URL

• Sentence of the Constitutional Court 936-95

Court

• Constitutional Court [Guatemala]

Type

• Domestic Case Law

Jurisdiction

• Guatemala