GNWS

Global Network of Women's Shelters

Guadalupe's news article 2

Mexico has recently approved a reform which seeks to provide more efficient, advanced, and tailored responses to domestic violence cases.

Mexican Congresswoman Josefina Salazar Báez has presented a reform initiative to the Law of Access of Women to a Life Free of Violence (in Spanish: Ley de Acceso de las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia). With this reform, Josefina is seeking to expand the type of emergency orders; and, extend the power of the judges to revoke, or modify orders of protection.

Josefina adds that the priority of this reform is to,

"Ensure the victim's safety immediately so she can live a life free of violence." 

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The reform permits that once the victim's integrity is guaranteed, the judge would have three days in total to analyze the situation thoroughly and thus, be able to give the best response to the victim's interests and protect her right for a violence-free life. In addition, sexual violence and minor victims will be integrated onto the emergency criteria with the objective to quickly intervene in high-risk cases.

The initiative strictly forbids the inclusion of intimidation or harrasment both by the victim's social circle and by any family relative by any means. This reform also demands that the aggressor must leave the house he shared with the victim, even when the house is his own property 

"This would give a quick response that would reduce the risk of relapse to events of domestic violence." - Josefina expressed.

  • To read more about this reform, press here. [News article written in Spanish];
  •  And here to get a glimpse of all articles contained in the Law of Access of Women to a Life Free of Violence (currently only available in Spanish).