Femicide in Honduras is a concept referring to murders committed against women (i.e., femicide) in Honduras since 1990. According to the Penal Code in force until 2018, the crime of femicide is defined as a man or men killing a woman for reasons of gender, with hatred and contempt for her condition as a woman. Between 2002 and 2013, 3,923 women were murdered in Honduras.[1][2] The number of femicides makes up 9.6% of the total number of homicides in the country.[3] In 2013, 53 women were killed every month, and more than 90% of those cases (like murders generally in Honduras) went unpunished.[4][5] More recent data reports that the level of impunity for femicides continues to be high, as it reached 95% for the 338 cases that occurred during 2017 through early 2018.[6]
In 2015, the Honduran government allocated 30 million Honduran lempiras to the creation of a special unit in the 2016 budget for femicide investigation. Efforts to further combat the high rate of femicide in Honduras were seen in 2018 with the creation of the Inter-Agency Commission to Monitor Investigations into Violent Deaths of Women and Femicide, which was created following the country’s establishment of the Ministry of Human Rights in 2017.[7]
In February 2013, the National Congress of Honduras approved a reform in the national civil code which classified femicide as a serious felony, permitting sentences of up to 40 years in prison when under the following circumstances:
When the perpetrator of the crime maintains or has maintained a partner relationship, either matrimonial, domestic partnership, cohabitation or any other relation in between, including those in which an emotional relationship is or has been sustained;
When the crime is preceded with acts of domestic violence, whether or not previously reported;
When the crime is preceded with sexual violence, assault, harassment, or persecution of any nature;
When the crime is committed with unjustifiable malice or cruelty, or if the wounds inflicted are shameful, degrading, or mutilating before or after the taking of life.[1]
In 2017, during the discussion of the new Civil Codes, there was a proposal to maintain the crime of femicide but reduce the punishment to 20 to 30 years in prison.[8]
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Femicide in Honduras is a concept referring to murders committed against women i e femicide in Honduras since 1990 According to the Penal Code in force until 2018 the crime of femicide is defined as a man or men killing a woman for reasons of gender with hatred and contempt for her condition as a woman Between 2002 and 2013 3 923 women were murdered in Honduras 1 2 The number of femicides makes up 9 6 of the total number of homicides in the country 3 In 2013 53 women were killed every month and more than 90 of those cases like murders generally in Honduras went unpunished 4 5 More recent data reports that the level of impunity for femicides continues to be high as it reached 95 for the 338 cases that occurred during 2017 through early 2018 6 In 2015 the Honduran government allocated 30 million Honduran lempiras to the creation of a special unit in the 2016 budget for femicide investigation Efforts to further combat the high rate of femicide in Honduras were seen in 2018 with the creation of the Inter Agency Commission to Monitor Investigations into Violent Deaths of Women and Femicide which was created following the country s establishment of the Ministry of Human Rights in 2017 7 Contents 1 National Civil Code reforms 2 Noted cases 3 See also 4 ReferencesNational Civil Code reforms editIn February 2013 the National Congress of Honduras approved a reform in the national civil code which classified femicide as a serious felony permitting sentences of up to 40 years in prison when under the following circumstances When the perpetrator of the crime maintains or has maintained a partner relationship either matrimonial domestic partnership cohabitation or any other relation in between including those in which an emotional relationship is or has been sustained When the crime is preceded with acts of domestic violence whether or not previously reported When the crime is preceded with sexual violence assault harassment or persecution of any nature When the crime is committed with unjustifiable malice or cruelty or if the wounds inflicted are shameful degrading or mutilating before or after the taking of life 1 In 2017 during the discussion of the new Civil Codes there was a proposal to maintain the crime of femicide but reduce the punishment to 20 to 30 years in prison 8 Noted cases editNotable femicide victims in Honduras include Riccy Mabel Martinez Sevilla 9 Blanca Jeannette Kawas 10 11 Maria Jose Alvarado 12 13 14 Berta Caceres 15 16 See also editCrime in Honduras Gender inequality in Honduras Female Homicides In Juarez CityReferences edit a b Cerca de 4 000 mujeres fueron asesinadas en Honduras entre 2002 y 2013 Elmundo es Mas de 3 600 mujeres fueron asesinadas en Honduras entre 2002 y junio de 2013 America Latina ElNuevoHerald com 10 September 2014 Archived from the original on September 10 2014 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Gibbons Jonathan 2013 Global Study on Homicide PDF Unodc org United National Office of Drugs and Crime Vienna Los asesinatos de mujeres aumentan un 65 por ciento en Honduras Laprensa hn Una interminable epidemia muerte de mujeres en Honduras Laprensa hn Archived from the original on 2016 08 09 Retrieved 2016 06 13 Honduras Stakeholder Report for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review Minneapolis The Advocates for Human Rights 2019 p 2 Visit to Honduras Report of the Working Group on the Issue of Discrimination Against Women in Law and in Practice United Nations General Assembly 2019 p 5 Mujeres Centro de Derechos de Cual sera el impacto del nuevo Codigo Penal en los derechos de las mujeres en Honduras Centro de Derechos de Mujeres in European Spanish Retrieved 2019 02 07 permanent dead link Refugees United Nations High Commissioner for Honduras Death of Riccy Mabel July 1993 Refworld org Controlador Martires de la lucha ambiental Archived from the original on 2013 09 21 Honduras ante la corte interamericana por el asesinato de ambientalista Honduras Laboral 16 April 2015 Archived from the original on April 16 2015 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Testigos identifican a Plutarco como el asesino de Miss Honduras y su hermana en audiencia inicial Archived from the original on 2015 02 12 Retrieved 2016 06 13 Asesinato de reina shock para violenta Honduras Huffingtpnpost com Dictan prision para Plutarco Ruiz por el asesinato de Miss Honduras Mundo y su hermana Canalntn24 com Threats attacks and intimidation against Berta Caceres Flores BertaCaceres org Archived from the original on 2019 10 24 Secretario de la OEA condena asesinato de Berta Caceres La Tribuna 3 March 2016 Archived from the original on 2 April 2016 Retrieved 2016 03 04 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Femicide in Honduras amp oldid 1217408327, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
