Summary.
The draft bill amends Law 82 of October 24, 2013, which defines the offense of femicide and establishes measures to prevent and punish violence against women. Its first article adds paragraphs 8 and 9 to Article 26 of that law. Paragraph 8 provides for multidisciplinary studies to identify systematic patterns of violence against women. The matters to be examined include patriarchal conduct disaggregated by age, a culture of impunity, relationship stereotypes, gender roles, and conduct that perpetuates the patterns under study. The provision places these subjects within an identification task carried out through studies involving multiple disciplines.
Paragraph 9 of Article 26 assigns the Ministry of Women (Ministerio de la Mujer) responsibility for coordinating with the Ministry of Education (Ministerio de Educación) to develop programs on managing emotional control. The programs are mandatory at every level of education throughout the national territory. The amendment thus connects both institutions in developing the programs: it assigns coordination to the Ministry of Women and identifies the Ministry of Education as the institution with which that work must be coordinated. The stated mandatory scope extends to all levels of education, without restricting the programs to a particular level. This addition belongs to the same article of the law that would receive the provision on conducting multidisciplinary studies.
The second article amends paragraph 2 of Article 33 of Law 82 of October 24, 2013. Under the proposed wording, judges must admit as amici curiae representatives of collective or diffuse interests, as well as public or private organizations or entities dedicated to protecting women’s rights. The rule concerns the admission of these participants before judges and identifies potential participants by their representation of those interests or their work protecting those rights. The draft bill thereby changes the content of that paragraph while retaining Article 33 as the provision’s place within the law.
The text provides that the proposed law would take effect on the day following its promulgation. Its provisions concern the Ministry of Women and the Ministry of Education, judges, and public or private organizations and entities dedicated to protecting women’s rights. They could also be of interest to every level of the education sector throughout the national territory and to those conducting studies on violence against women, patterns of conduct, and gender roles.
What it proposes.
- Multidisciplinary studies on violence against women.
- Mandatory programs on managing emotional control in education.
- Admission of amici curiae in matters concerning women’s rights.
Who it would affect.
- The Ministry of Women and the Ministry of Education.
- Every level of education throughout the national territory.
- Judges.
- Representatives of collective or diffuse interests and organizations or entities dedicated to protecting women’s rights.
Key points.
- Paragraphs 8 and 9 are added to Article 26 of Law 82 of October 24, 2013.Art. 1
- Multidisciplinary studies are provided for to identify systematic patterns of violence against women.Art. 1
- The studies cover patriarchal conduct disaggregated by age, a culture of impunity, relationship stereotypes, gender roles, and conduct that perpetuates those patterns.Art. 1
- The Ministry of Women would coordinate with the Ministry of Education on mandatory programs on managing emotional control for every level of education throughout the national territory.Art. 1
- Paragraph 2 of Article 33 of Law 82 of October 24, 2013, is amended.Art. 2
- Judges must admit as amici curiae representatives of collective or diffuse interests and public or private organizations or entities dedicated to protecting women’s rights.Art. 2
- The proposed law would take effect on the day following its promulgation.Art. 2