Costa Rica Passed Law Vs Gender Violence

Posted on February 16, 2011 • Filed under: Costa Rica, Crime, Human Rights Latin America

The Costa Rican Legislative Assembly passed a reform to the Criminalization of Violence against Women Law, which describes as crimes the mistreatment and offenses. By an overwhelming majority, 41 of the 45 legislators voted in favor of the reform and agreed to add articles 22 and 25 of the 8589 Law, which had been voided by the Constitutional Court. Read Article

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