Femicide and Gender Violence in Mexico: Elements for a Systemic Approach
Journal Title: The Age of Human Rights Journal - Year 2019, Vol 12, Issue 1
Abstract
This article aims to address gender violence and femicide through the analysis of several aspects related with its reality and current problematic or conundrum, the new standards to widen gender perspective in the ministerial practices and judicial reasoning, as well as the controversies and tensions generated by the social risk related to impunity and the current control policies and exception categories created to fight femicides and violence against women with the principles and fundaments wherewith the criminal justice system and human rights operate in Mexico.
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Geofredo Angulo López
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