The role of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in protecting women against endemic violence.

In some Latin-American countries, violence and discrimination against women is an endemic issue. Starting from the 2009 Cotton Field case [González et al (‘Cotton Field‘) v México, Series C 205 (16 November 2009)], the IACtHR has converted itself in a human rights court leader in judging under the gender perspective paradigm. Thus, this paper will...

Panel 91, TUESDAY JUNE 26 2018 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM