Feminicide in Latin America: legal vacuum or deficit in the rule of law?
The escalating number of violent female homicides committed by men over the last two decades has compelled many Latin American countries to classify (typify) the crime of gender-based homicide as “feminicide” (or “femicide”). Their objective was to raise awareness and thereby decrease the number of...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals |
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| Online Access: | http://www.raco.cat/index.php/RevistaCIDOB/article/view/330520/421332 |