The process of violence against women: regulatory framework and instance for the initiation of the action

Abstract

The rates of violence in our country, according to statistics, increase progressively. Each day that passes
according to official reports, victims are added to these statistics, which in some cases turn out to be fatal.
Regarding this issue, the regulatory framework in Paraguay divides violence into two categories: 1) Domestic
or Family violence, regulated by Law 5378 that modifies Article 229 of Law 1160/97 of the Penal Code and
its amending Law 4628/12. And 2) Violence against women whose formal law is No.1600/00 and the recently
enacted substantive law is No. 5777/16.
Currently, there is confusion regarding the procedure to be carried out regarding violence, confusing the instances
of the Justice of the Peace and the proceedings before the Public Ministry, as well as the merits in question:
when, when, it is not possible to resort to assistance of justice.
Violence in Paraguay ceased to be that conduct aimed simply at the use of physical force and went further;
violence is the conduct that causes physical or psychological damage, applied to different areas of daily life.
When choosing the process, we must be clear about the behavior of the perpetrator and the situation in which
the victim is with respect to him, in order to determine the best way to institute the action