Please find attached a certified translation of a 2 August 1996 facsimile received by the DIRB from the Flora Tristan Centro de la Mujer Peruana (Centre for Peruvian Women), which also functions as the Andean subregional office for the Latin American and Caribbean Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. The document provides information on the current situation, procedures and application of domestic violence legislation in Bolivia.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB 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.

Latin American and Caribbean Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Andean Subregion (Flora Tristan Centro de la Mujer Peruana - Centre for Peruvian Women), Lima. 2 August 1996. Facsimile received by the DIRB in Spanish from the Andean subregional coordinator. Translated by the Multilingual Translation Directorate of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada.