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Strategic Litigation for Gender-Based Violence: Experiences in Latin America
The report reflects the exchange of experiences carried out during the Online Workshop on Strategic Litigation on Gender Violence in Latin America, organized on October 21-22, 2020.
The event was supported by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), together with the American University Washington College of Law, through its War Crimes Research Office and its Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, and Leiden University, through its Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies.
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OHCHR Webstory: Strategic litigation can be a force for gender justice
A group of lawyers, academics, legal practitioners and activists across Latin America have united, under the belief that court cases, when used strategically, can bring justice, reparations and healing to the numerous survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
The Latin American Network for Gender-based Strategic Litigation (Red Latinoamericana de Litigio Estratégico en Género, ReLeG in Spanish) formed as a way to both advocate and strengthen accountability efforts for gender-based crimes in Latin America, and provide a way for advocates to disseminate and exchange best practices for litigation across the region. Continue reading.
