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91 Tul. L. Rev. 371 (2016-2017)

handle is hein.journals/tulr91 and id is 397 raw text is: COMMENT Gender-Based Violence in Colombia: New Legislation Targets Femicides and Acid Attacks Noelle Jolin* I. INTRODUCTION.....................................372 II. A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLOMBIA WITH RESPECT TO GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE ............................375 III. FEMICIDE. ..........................................382 A. What Does FemicideMean? .......... ......382 B. The Importance of Using the Term Femicide ..........383 C Recent Latin American Trend to Classify Femicide as a Distinct Crime ......... ..........384 IV. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN COLOMBIA REGARDING FEMICIDE.. ...............................................385 A. The Case ofRosa Elvra Cely........ ..........385 B. The Case of Sandra Patricia Correa: The Colombian Supreme Court Speaks ....... ......387 C New Legislation as a Result ofBoth Cases.................392 V. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN COLOMBIA REGARDING ACID ATFACKS. ..........................................393 A. The Case ofNataia Ponce de Le6n ....................393 B. New Legislation as a Result ofNatalia's High- Profile Case. .............................395 VI. ARE THE NEW LAWS EFFECTIVE? .............. ............396 A. Challenges to Enforcement..................396 B. Culture as an Impediment to Change ...... ........399 VII. HOPE FOR THE FUTURE ......................... ......401 * C 2016 Noelle John. J.D. candidate 2017, Tulane University Law School; B.A. 2003, Whitman College. I would like to thank the members of the Tulane Law Review for their careful editing, Nicolas Joaquin Vasquez Schaer for helping me to understand the nuances of the Colombian Supreme Court case, Professor Saru Matambanadzo for her thoughtful review of this Comment, and Jonathan V Barg for reading multiple drafts of this Comment and giving me detailed feedback, even though he is the busiest person I know. This Comment is dedicated to the brave women who have experienced gender-based violence, have refused to stay silent, and have challenged the prevailing norms that breed misogyny and hate. 371

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