Country | Uruguay |
Year | 2017 |
Type of Measure | Violence against women > Legislation |
Form of Violence | Femicide/Feminicide |
In 2017, the modification of articles 311 and 312 of the Criminal Code through Law No. 19,538, typified femicide as a very special aggravating form of homicide, considering it as the one that occurs "against a woman on grounds of hatred or contempt, for her condition as such."