They condemn for gender violence a military leader who shouted and made sexual comments to a subordinate – 05/11/2019

A member of the Mountain Infantry Regiment of Mendoza became the first soldier to be convicted of gender-based violence. verbally abusive to a subordinate.

The sentence is one year in prison suspension and special exclusion of six months to occupy military posts.

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You will also need to perform an internship on gender issues. The decision was made by Judge Walter Bento, head of Federal Court No. 1 in Mendoza, who decided to sentence R.D.S (thus identified), Chief Military Officer.

The convicted he was the direct leader of the victim, Which identifies with the letter "P". She went through "a series of screams, harbadment, abuse and badual comments, always in the context of abuse of power and before the subordinates of women", said the judge in his decision.

Representatives of the Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF), the prosecutor Fernando Alcaraz and the head of the Special Unit for Violence Against Women (UFEM) Mariela Labozzetta, have pointed out that the episodes of harbadment and bad treatments within this military institution they fit into the general context of gender-based violence.

In turn, they emphasized "the Structural inequality between men and womenaggravated by the reporting relationship of the aggressor. "The behavior of the defendant, they said," was particularly serious because it belonged to an institution of the Argentine state, obliged in all its powers to ensure compliance with the international requirements of women. "

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"Not only did this hurt the victim in particular, the proper functioning of the institutions State, "argued Alcaraz and Labozzetta.

The criminal proceedings started with the victim's complaint and the investigation was entrusted to the Office of the Prosecutor, who requested the opening of the investigation and then prosecuted the accused. , a soldier "with a long history of strength", according to the MPF portal.

The testimony of the woman was received during the oral debate "with particular care" to avoid revictimization and one of the statements was taken from the San Martin Basis of Antarctica in Argentina, via the WhatsApp video calling system, the only means available.

Thus, for the first time, a conviction was pronounced for the conduct referred to in Article 249 bis of the Criminal Code, incorporated in 2008. after the repeal of the code of military justice.

This article "complies with Law 26 485 on the integral protection of prevent, punish and eliminate violence against women in the areas in which they develop their interpersonal relationships and the Belem do Pará Convention ", explained the MPF.

Article 249 bis states that "a soldier who, in the performance of his duties and under the authority of his authority, arbitrarily harms or abuses a subordinate in any way that he or she either, will be punished prison from six months to two yearsif it does not result in a more severely punished crime. "

Source: Telam

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