Violence against women: feminicide, normative evolution and jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Abstract

The objective of this article is to briefly review the international normative evolution in the fight against discrimination and violence against women, including the norm as a factor of inequality, as well as the internationally articulated efforts for its eradication; the creation of protection mechanisms in the inter-American system and the development of the main standards of the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, concluding with a brief reflection on the situation that Costa Rica is going through this phenomenon.