Abstract

MONTERO, Carmen. A comparative study between the Spanish and Mexican laws regarding femicide. Bol. Mex. Der. Comp. [online]. 2019, vol.52, n.154, pp.147-170.  Epub May 12, 2020. ISSN 2448-4873.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iij.24484873e.2019.154.14140.

The idea of putting this paper together arises from the recent several cases of feminicide in Spain, and the resulting need for the Spanish government to take all affordable measures to attend the committing of gender crimes which cause the murder of women. The first step should be to classify the feminicide in the Spanish Criminal Code as a separate offense. Based on these circumstances, this paper analysis on the reasons underlaying the committing of this kind of acts, an argumentation on the need to classify them as criminal offenses, and a proposal of some strategies to eradicate the feminicide violence. Likewise, these aforementioned analytical parameters (reasons, classification and strategies for eradication) are used to study the feminicide issue in Mexico.

Keywords : Feminicide; Criminal Classification; Spain; Mexico.