The validity of women’s witness in court cases of gender violence
In many cases of reports about gender violence abuses, the women’s witness is not validated by the executive and judicial forces. This is fed by a patriarchal system which quite a few times minimizes the abuses, puts the victim’s witness in doubt, and adds difficulty to the judicial process. A susp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Center for International Relations and International Security
2025-02-01
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| Series: | Panoply Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ciris.info/panoply/index.php/journal/article/view/89 |
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| Summary: | In many cases of reports about gender violence abuses, the women’s witness is not validated by the executive and judicial forces. This is fed by a patriarchal system which quite a few times minimizes the abuses, puts the victim’s witness in doubt, and adds difficulty to the judicial process. A suspicion that the accusations may be false is so much commoner than the reality of false reports. That affects not only the women who dare to speak up, re-victimizing them, but also those who are thinking of reporting these situations.
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| ISSN: | 2766-2594 |