Bolivia: UN welcomes new Bolivian law broadening protection of women from violence

[Judi Lynn]

Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Bolivia: UN welcomes new Bolivian law broadening protection of women from violence
Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

UN - 12 March 2013 – The United Nations human rights office today welcomed a new law in Bolivia which broadens the protection of women against various forms of violence.

“We welcome the promulgation, on 9 March 2013, of the Comprehensive Law to guarantee women a life free from violence in Bolivia (Law 348), which broadens protection of women against various forms of violence and establishes the eradication of violence against women as a priority of the State,” the spokesperson for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, told journalists in Geneva.

The law also includes the crime of ‘femicide’ – in which a woman is murdered due to the fact that she is female – in the penal code, with a prison term of 30 years without pardon.

The draft was elaborated over the past three years, with the participation of the main women’s organizations and State institutions, and the technical assistance of the UN human rights office in Bolivia, Mr. Colville said.

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