CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Acosta Alvarado, Monica Alejandra |
|---|---|
| Title | The Distorted Frames Of Gender-Based Violence (Gbv) In The Colombian Justice And Peace Judicial System |
| Summary | The Justice and Peace law of Colombia established the legal framework for the disarmament demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of ex-paramilitary members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia), and the transitional justice criminal system to investigate, prosecute and judge AUC ex-combatants for the crimes committed during conflict, including crimes related to GBV. The law has been widely criticized by Colombian feminist organizations for its lack of action in investigating, prosecuting and punishing GBV. However, an aspect that had not been analyzed is the inconsistencies in the conceptualization and framing of GBV in conflict. This thesis aimed to understand how GBV was framed in the Justice and Peace law, and how that framing led to confusing judicial precedents. Using a critical frame analysis, the thesis explores the Justice and Peace law, the judicial rulings of “Salvatore Mancuaso”, “Edison Giraldo Panigua” and “Vencedores del Arauca”, and the documents elaborated by the Attorney General’s Office of Colombia (AGO) to investigate and prosecute crimes related to GBV. From the existing literature three frames of GBV were identified in the law: the individual-rights frame, the women-centered frame and the structural inequality frame. The findings of the analysis show that these multiple frames were used indistinctly by the judges in the three judicial rulings studied here generating distorted and contradictive approaches to GBV in conflict. These cases illustrate how a poorly formulated Justice and Peace law, with a weak conceptualization of GBV, generates a judicial vacuum that translated into confusing judicial rulings. |
| Supervisor | Andrea Krizsán |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/acosta_monica.pdf |
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