Discrimination

When the Improper Relationships Law protects heterosexual dignity more than it protects adolescents

Published on Blog , August 19, 2021

In this article, Shi-Alarcón Zamora goes over the Improper Relationships Law in Costa Rica and how its patriarchal approach might negatively affect threatened groups based on gender, race, class, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

Criminalization

Discrimination

LGTBIQ+

Gabriela

Submitted on Social problems , January 22, 2020

After surviving a sexual assault, Gabriela was sterilized by ruling of a judge, without being asked. This surgery does not prevent any further sexual abuse in the future.

Sexual and reproductive rights

Discrimination

Cristina

Submitted on Social problems , January 22, 2020

Cristina has an intellectual disability and got pregnant as a result of an incestuous rape. She didn’t want to keep her pregnancy, but she didn’t have access to legal abortion. Not wanting or being able to care for her baby, her lawyers raised the case to the court to place the baby for adoption. The judge ruled that the baby must stay with her.

Disability

Sexual and reproductive rights

Self-determination

Judiciary

Discrimination

Lucía

Submitted on Legal problems , January 22, 2020

Lucía’s boyfriend, Alex, is of legal age. Lucía’s family dislikes the fact that Alex is a trans man and, to force them apart, they filed a complaint against him for homosexual acts with a minor.

Sexual and reproductive rights

Criminal justice

Discrimination

Sexual orientation and gender identity

Punitivism

Criminalization

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