This article addresses the evolution of the category of femicide. It studies its birth in feminist theory, its translation and development in Latin American academia, its use in international law and its transformation into a crime. The analysis of the evolution of this concept allows highlighting its singular and autonomous character. Thus, the study of this category helps to strengthen the doctrine that defines femicide as the killing of a woman for gender reasons, that is, the killing of a woman in a context in which the victim failed to comply with gender stereotypes.

This paper identifies the interpretative and qualification legal problems posed by the criminalisation of rape offences in Peru by examining the most contemporary case law and specialised literature. Through a teleological and systematic legal interpretation of these offences and applying a gender perspective, preliminary alternative solutions are constructed. The main legal conclusion reached is that, with the incorporation of the modality of “taking advantage of any other environment that prevents the person from giving free consent” in the offence of rape in its basic modality (article 170 of the Criminal Code), the Peruvian legal system has incorporated a model based mainly on the absence of consent for sex offences. This model, in turn, is close to the “yes means yes” approach to consent, based on a conventional, constitutional and teleological interpretation of the wording ...

Durante mucho tiempo la sociedad ha sido construida a partir de un prototipo ideal de individuo racional, capaz de sentir, comunicarse y decidir sobre su vida sin algún tipo de asistencia. La consecuencia de este paradigma ha sido que aspectos importantes de la vida como la educación, la arquitectura, la información y señalización, el trabajo, el lenguaje, las relaciones familiares, el arte y el Derecho han sido elaborados pensando en este ideal de ser humano. En este esquema, los individuos cuyo cuerpo o mente no funcionan de igual manera que en la mayoría de personas son excluidos de la vida social y de la capacidad de ejercer sus derechos. Especialmente las personas con capacidades de pensar y gestionar aspectos sociales y emocionales distintas al resto son tratados como objetos y no sujetos de pleno derecho3 . Estos individuos, llamados usualmente “locos”, “dementes” o ...

This article addresses the evolution of the category of femicide. It studies its birth in feminist theory, its translation and development in Latin American academia, its use in international law and its transformation into a crime. The analysis of the evolution of this concept allows highlighting its singular and autonomous character. Thus, the study of this category helps to strengthen the doctrine that defines femicide as the killing of a woman for gender reasons, that is, the killing of a woman in a context in which the victim failed to comply with gender stereotypes.

This paper identifies the interpretative and qualification legal problems posed by the criminalisation of rape offences in Peru by examining the most contemporary case law and specialised literature. Through a teleological and systematic legal interpretation of these offences and applying a gender perspective, preliminary alternative solutions are constructed. The main legal conclusion reached is that, with the incorporation of the modality of “taking advantage of any other environment that prevents the person from giving free consent” in the offence of rape in its basic modality (article 170 of the Criminal Code), the Peruvian legal system has incorporated a model based mainly on the absence of consent for sex offences. This model, in turn, is close to the “yes means yes” approach to consent, based on a conventional, constitutional and teleological interpretation of the wording ...

Durante mucho tiempo la sociedad ha sido construida a partir de un prototipo ideal de individuo racional, capaz de sentir, comunicarse y decidir sobre su vida sin algún tipo de asistencia. La consecuencia de este paradigma ha sido que aspectos importantes de la vida como la educación, la arquitectura, la información y señalización, el trabajo, el lenguaje, las relaciones familiares, el arte y el Derecho han sido elaborados pensando en este ideal de ser humano. En este esquema, los individuos cuyo cuerpo o mente no funcionan de igual manera que en la mayoría de personas son excluidos de la vida social y de la capacidad de ejercer sus derechos. Especialmente las personas con capacidades de pensar y gestionar aspectos sociales y emocionales distintas al resto son tratados como objetos y no sujetos de pleno derecho3 . Estos individuos, llamados usualmente “locos”, “dementes” o ...

This article addresses the evolution of the category of femicide. It studies its birth in feminist theory, its translation and development in Latin American academia, its use in international law and its transformation into a crime. The analysis of the evolution of this concept allows highlighting its singular and autonomous character. Thus, the study of this category helps to strengthen the doctrine that defines femicide as the killing of a woman for gender reasons, that is, the killing of a woman in a context in which the victim failed to comply with gender stereotypes.

This paper identifies the interpretative and qualification legal problems posed by the criminalisation of rape offences in Peru by examining the most contemporary case law and specialised literature. Through a teleological and systematic legal interpretation of these offences and applying a gender perspective, preliminary alternative solutions are constructed. The main legal conclusion reached is that, with the incorporation of the modality of “taking advantage of any other environment that prevents the person from giving free consent” in the offence of rape in its basic modality (article 170 of the Criminal Code), the Peruvian legal system has incorporated a model based mainly on the absence of consent for sex offences. This model, in turn, is close to the “yes means yes” approach to consent, based on a conventional, constitutional and teleological interpretation of the wording ...

This article identifies and evaluates the different positions that have been raised in international criminal doctrine regarding the legal interests protected by the criminal offenses related to contemporary forms of slavery. In this sense, the strengths and weaknesses of the following proposals are analyzed: freedom, dignity, moral integrity, multi-offensiveness and legal personality. This evaluation is carried out on the basis of understanding that the legal interest provides the offense legitimacy and, at the same time, is a dogmatic category that contributes to the teleological interpretation, avoiding the problems of “underinclusion” and reducing those of “overinclusion”.Furthermore, special consideration is given to the fact that the injustice of contemporary forms of slavery lies in the severe objectification of the human being, which uses the intense control exercised ove...

This article identifies and evaluates the different positions that have been raised in international criminal doctrine regarding the legal interests protected by the criminal offenses related to contemporary forms of slavery. In this sense, the strengths and weaknesses of the following proposals are analyzed: freedom, dignity, moral integrity, multi-offensiveness and legal personality. This evaluation is carried out on the basis of understanding that the legal interest provides the offense legitimacy and, at the same time, is a dogmatic category that contributes to the teleological interpretation, avoiding the problems of “underinclusion” and reducing those of “overinclusion”.Furthermore, special consideration is given to the fact that the injustice of contemporary forms of slavery lies in the severe objectification of the human being, which uses the intense control exercised ove...

El Ministerio Público, en colaboración con la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito (UNODC), la Oficina para los Países Andinos de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) y el Centro de Investigación, Capacitación y Asesoría Jurídica del Departamento de Derecho de la PUCP (CICAJ-PUCP), desarrolló el “Tercer Estudio de Casos de Trata de Personas y otras Delitos de Explotación”.