Human Rights and Sex Education Research Plan Foundation, Barranquilla 080001, Colombia.
Faculty of Humanities and Science Education, University of Jaén, 23009 Jaén, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 15;18(8):4171. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18084171.
Sexual violence is a type of gender-based violence (GBV), as it is one of the different types of violence that is exerted against women. Sexual violence infringes fundamental human rights, and denies women's dignity and self-determination, personal development, and well-being. Despite international treaties and a regulatory framework that legally protects Colombian women against sexual violence, it is necessary to know the effectiveness of this regulatory framework in Colombia. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to examine criminal legislation on crimes of sexual violence in Colombia with a dual purpose: first, to analyze procedural guarantees for women victims of sexual violence; second, to determine obstacles for victims of sexual violence in accordance with the legal framework. We used a legal interpretation method to perform an analysis and interpret the law. The results found that, although sexual violence is considered a type of crime, procedural guarantees are not effective as victims encounter serious obstacles with negative consequences, such as the violation of fundamental human rights.
性暴力是一种基于性别的暴力（GBV），因为它是针对妇女的不同类型暴力之一。性暴力侵犯了基本人权，剥夺了妇女的尊严和自主权、个人发展和福祉。尽管有国际条约和监管框架从法律上保护哥伦比亚妇女免受性暴力侵害，但有必要了解该监管框架在哥伦比亚的有效性。因此，这项研究的主要目的是审查哥伦比亚性暴力犯罪的刑事立法，具有双重目的：首先，分析性暴力受害妇女的程序保障；其次，根据法律框架确定性暴力受害者面临的障碍。我们使用法律解释方法进行分析并解释法律。结果发现，尽管性暴力被视为一种犯罪，但程序保障并不有效，因为受害者会遇到严重障碍，导致负面后果，例如侵犯基本人权。
