{"id":454,"date":"2015-11-12T19:48:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T19:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cejil.z.actotal.net\/2015\/11\/12\/m-z-case\/"},"modified":"2021-03-12T18:08:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T18:08:41","slug":"m-z-case","status":"publish","type":"caso","link":"https:\/\/cejil.org\/en\/case\/m-z-case\/","title":{"rendered":"M.Z. Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

On October 2nd, 1994, 30 year-old M.Z. was raped in her home in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Despite her denunciation and evidence of sexual assault, Bolivia’s judicial system ended up absolving the rapist.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Given the violations to judicial guarantees to the right of protection and equality in the eyes of the law–rights protected by the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women<\/a> (Convention of Belem do Para)–, CEJIL, the Comit\u00e9 de Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (CLADEM),<\/a> and the Oficina Jur\u00eddica para la Mujer,<\/a> took the case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.  <\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

M.Z.’s case is an example of the situation faced by many women in Bolivia who are victims of sexual violence that are later re-victimized and discriminated agaist by the judicial system. According to a report issued by the UN in 2014, an estimated 80% of all cases of sexual violence against women in Bolivia remain in absolute impunity. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Case Impact<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n