Ley María da Peña: conquistas y desafíos en Brasil

Stela  Cavalcanti

Authors

Stela Cavalcanti Promotora de Justicia de Alagoas, Brasil

Abstract

This article reveals the achievements and the challenges to the effectiveness of the law Maria da Peña at Brazil. It is reported that domestic and family violence is a problem that afflicts children, adolescents, adult and elderly women around the world. It emphasizes that the political action of the movements of women and feminists in the past 30 years was decisive for the implantation in Brazil of public policy for the prevention and combat violence against women. Presents the changes established by the law Maria da Peña, mainly in what refers to the defence of the application of the law in the special courts, n. 9.099/95 for cases of domestic violence and lists the species of domestic violence enshrined by law n. 11.340/06 - law Maria da Peña. Presents statistical data on domestic violence in Brazil and in the world. It demonstrates that this law establishes a new legal microsystem of confrontation of domestic violence and family in Brazil and although it's something recent, much as it was made to make it effective

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Stela Cavalcanti, Promotora de Justicia de Alagoas, Brasil

Promotora de Justicia de Alagoas. Maestra en Derecho Público. Autora da la obra: Violencia doméstica: análisis de la ley María da Peña. 3 ed., Juspodivm, Salvador, 2009. Coautora de la obra: Violencia y hostigamiento contra la mujer, Maceió, Edufal, 2009. Coautora de la obra: El sistema de Justicia, derechos humanos y violencia contra la mujer. Juruá, Curitiba, 2010. Escritora y conferenciante en diversos cursos, congresos y seminarios.

References

Barbosa, A. W. G. y Cavalcanti, S. V. (2007). A constitucionalidade da Lei Maria da Penha. Jus Navigandi, Teresina, p. 01-22.

Biancarelli, A. (2006). Assassinatos de Mulheres em Pernambuco. Publisher, São Paulo.

Campos, C. H. (2009). Lei Maria da Penha: um novo desafio. Violência doméstica. Vulnerabilidades e desafios na intervenção criminal e multidisciplinar. Lima, F.R. y Santos, C. (Coord). LumenJuris, Rio de Janeiro.

DIAS, M. B. (2007). La ley María de la Peña en la justicia: la efectividad de la ley 11.340/06 de combate a la violencia doméstica y familiar contra la mujer. Revista de los Tribunales, São Paulo.

Cavalcanti, S. V. (2009). Violência doméstica contra as mulheres: análise, artigo por artigo, de la Lei Maria da Penha. Juspodivm, Bahia.

Guerra, C. S. La Ley María de la Peña (Ley n 11.340/2006) y sus innovaciones en el ámbito del derecho de las mujeres víctimas de violencia doméstica. Jus Navigandi, Teresina, año 14, n. 2090, 22 mar. 2009. Disponible en HTTP: jus.com.br/revista/texto/12451. Acceso el: 7 mar.2012.

Haddad A. y Dalla Costa, L. R. (2010). Systema de la Justicia, derechos humanos y violencia domestica contra las mujeres. Juruá, Curitiba.

Sarlet, I. W. (2001). Dignidade humana e direitos fundamentais na Constituição. Livraria do advogado, Porto Alegre.