Social:Avenimiento
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Avenimiento (literally, "agreement" or "compromise") was a legal concept in the Argentine Penal Code, which stated that if a rape victim over the age of 16 agreed to marry her rapist, he could be freed from prison.[1][2] The concept of avenimiento was created as part of a 1998 overhaul of Argentinian laws related to sexual offences. Before 1998, this section of the law was called "Offences to Honesty": afterwards it was renamed "Offences to Sexual Integrity".[3]
The concept has been widely criticized by international human rights organizations, and was removed from the penal code in March 2012, following a unanimous vote of 51 Argentinian senators.[2]
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References
- ↑ "Collins Spanish-English Dictionary English Translation of "avenimiento"". Collins. http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/spanish-english/avenimiento. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flint, Hannah (15 March 2012). "Congress Pass Important Bills in First Session of the Year". The Argentina Independent. Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. https://archive.today/20130117080815/http://www.argentinaindependent.com/currentaffairs/newsfromargentina/congress-pass-important-bills-in-first-session-of-the-year/. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ↑ Pimentel, Silvia; Valéria Pandjiarjian; Juliana Belloque (2006). ""Legitimate Defense of Honor" Illegitimate Impunity of Murders". UNICAMP Center for Gender Studies: 138. http://www.bibliotecadigital.unicamp.br/document/?down=50807. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
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