Browsing by Author "Silvia Otero"

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    Sexual violence against women killed in massacres perpetrated by self-defence groups during the period 1997–2003, and factors that determine the recording of this type of violence by the INMLCF
    (INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL Y CIENCIAS FORENSES, 2010) INGRID BOLIVAR VIVIANA QUINTERO SILVIA QUINTERO; Ingrid Bolívar; Viviana Quintero; Silvia Otero
    This research analyses the occurrence of sexual violence against women killed in massacres perpetrated by self-defence (paramilitary) groups in Colombia between 1997 and 2003, and the factors that influence whether the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences records this type of violence. Using the CINEP database and the journal Noche y Niebla, the authors identify massacres with female victims, trace 72 autopsy reports and body inspection records, and review international protocols, forensic manuals, judicial case files and interviews with doctors, dissectors and other officials. The study shows that samples related to possible sexual offences were taken in only a very small number of cases and proposes ten key factors that condition the search for and collection of evidence: the institutional environment that asks about sexual violence, the prevailing conceptual framework, the way forensic medicine is practised, the connection between crime scene and autopsy room, staff training and oversight, autopsy formats, recognition of signs of sexual violence, conditions for evidence collection and the installed capacity in basic forensic units.