Las respuestas judiciales a los femicidios

Abstract

The legal translation of the process of conceptualization of femicides/feminicides, as well as the image that reveals the scarcity of its use in jurisprudence, constitute a sample of the losses that occur when the rights of women are put into play within a legal and judicial framework highly resistant to the integration of feminist legal concepts and methodologies. The incorporation of the gender perspective in court decisions, on the contrary, reveals a more hopeful image about the potentialities of this concept during its integration into judicial practices. Based on these preliminary reflections, the article presents partial outcomes of an ongoing research on judicial responses to femicides in Argentina, with special reference to the situation in the Patagonian province of Río Negro.