Dokument #1084734
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
In a 15 March 1998 letter to the Research
Directorate, the coordinator of the Proyecto Comisarías de
la Mujer (police stations for women project) at the Centro
Ecuatoriano Para la Promoción y Acción de la Mujer
(CEPAM) in Quito stated that the 1995 Law on Violence Against Women
and the Family, in its handling of trials (juicios
penales) for crimes committed within the family, refers to all
related articles established in the Penal Code and the Penal
Procedural Code. Thus, the type of rape offence, as well as the
penalty (juzgamiento) for it, is established in these
codes.
For information on activities that various
women's organizations in Ecuador are undertaking regarding violence
against women, please consult Response to Information Request
ECU28826.E of 18 March 1998.
Some background information on the legislation regarding rape can
be found in the Research Directorate's December 1994 paper
entitled
Human Rights Brief: Domestic Violence Against Women in Ecuador.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the
list of additional sources consulted in researching this
Information Request.
Reference
Centro Ecuatoriano Para la
Promoción y Acción de la Mujer (CEPAM), Quito. 15
March 1998. Letter received by the Research Directorate from
coordinator of the Proyecto Comisarías de la Mujer.
Additional Sources Consulted
Andean Newsletter [Lima].
1996-1998.
Boletín Red Contra la
Violencia [Santiago]. 1996-1998.
Latinamerica Press [Lima].
1996-1998.
Latin American Regional Reports:
Andean Group Report [London]. 1996-1998.
Resource Centre country file: Ecuador.
1996-1998.
WIN News [Lexington, Mass.].
1996-1998.
Women's Watch [Minneapolis].
1996-1998.
Electronic sources: IRB Databases,
Global News Bank, Internet, NEXIS/LEXIS, REFWORLD, World News
Connection (WNC).