Country | Peru |
Year | 2018 |
Type of Measure | Justice > Protocols and guidelines |
Form of Violence | Femicide/Feminicide |
The Feminicide Crime Investigation Protocol from a Gender Perspective (Protocolo de Investigación de los Delitos de Feminicio desde la Perspectiva de Género) offers members of the Public Prosecutor's Office simple and agile guidelines to effectively investigate and prosecute the crime of feminicide by providing tools, general guidelines and / or lines of action, in accordance with international standards for ensure gender mainstreaming and intersectionality; from the beginning of the investigation of the violent deaths of women (feminicide) until the culmination of the criminal process, in order to avoid impunity of the crime, facilitating the identification of signs and indications of gender-based violence associated with feminicidal contexts in the different phases of the investigation.