Specialized initial intervention in criminal processes based on gender violence

Abstract

In this work, we will refer to the first indispensable measures of instruction or procedural acts to be carried out by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the face of a criminal act due to gender-based violence. We propose to review three initial acts that must be carried out in the first hours after the criminal act is known, having as a guiding principle the specialization that the subject requires, in order to give proper compliance to the international mandate of due diligence. In particular, we will refer to the importance and usefulness that taking the complaint with a gender perspective, using an instrument to assess risk and certifying the background of the case has for an effective criminal process.