Access to Justice for Women Victims of Sexual Violence in Mesoamerica

The report ‘Access to Justice for Women Victims of Sexual Violence in Mesoamerica’ published by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), analyses the multiple dimensions of the problem of sexual violence and its treatment by the justice systems of the Mesoamerican region, with special emphasis on Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua. It focuses specifically on the areas of prevention, investigation, prosecution, punishment, and redress acts of violence committed against women. This report was elaborated thanks to the technical and financial support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and with the financial assistance of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (Agencia Española para la Cooperación Internacional al Desarrollo, AECID