Feminist Legal Studies ( IF 1.958 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 , DOI: 10.1007/s10691-021-09449-3 Bárbara Barraza Uribe , María Isabel Salinas
In 2017, the National Prosecution Bureau of Chile created the Special Unit for Human Rights, Gender-Based Violence, and Sex Crimes, becoming a milestone for criminal prosecution policies as the first time a state institution in Chile used the term ‘gender-based violence’ explicitly in its title. There was no law in the country that addressed and sanctioned this behaviour—recognising it as a social phenomenon—at the time of the Unit's creation. What does the creation of this new Unit mean for access to justice from a gender perspective? To answer this question, we have critically analysed the creation of this Unit as a case study from a feminist institutionalist standpoint. We found that this institutional change might bring a broadening in access to justice for women, girls and LGBTQI+ persons by implementing a gender perspective.
中文翻译:
诉诸司法和进行机构重新任命:以智利国家检察院为例
2017年,智利国家检察局成立了人权,基于性别的暴力和性犯罪特别股,成为刑事起诉政策的里程碑,因为智利的一个国家机构首次使用``基于性别的暴力''一词在标题中明确显示。联检组成立之初,该国没有一部法律能够解决和认可这种行为(承认它是一种社会现象)。从性别观点来看,这个新部门的建立对于诉诸司法意味着什么?为了回答这个问题,我们从女权主义的制度主义角度批判性地分析了该股的创建。我们发现,这种制度上的变化可能会通过实施性别观点来扩大妇女,女童和LGBTQI +人诉诸司法的机会。