40 In consequence, they argued that “to determine whether the murder of a woman is a femicide, it is necessary to know the author, the method used and the context.” They stated that, even in cases in which all the information on crimes of this type is not available, indicators exist such as the mutilation of certain parts of the body, including the absence of breasts or genitalia. 139. At the public hearing, the State used the term femicide when referring to the “phenomenon […] that prevails in Juárez.” Nevertheless, in its observations on the expert opinions presented by the representatives, the State objected to the fact that they attempted “to include the term femicide as the definition of a type of crime, when this does not exist in domestic law or in the binding instruments of the Inter-American human rights system.” 140. In Mexico, Article 21 of the General Law on the Access of Women to a Life Free of Violence, in force since 2007, defines femicide violence as “the extreme form of gender violence against women, resulting from the violation of their human rights in the public and private sphere, comprising a series of misogynous conducts that can lead to the impunity of the State and society and may culminate in the homicide or other forms of violent death of women.”124 Some Government agencies have also provided definitions of the term “femicide” in their reports.125 141. Expert witnesses Monárrez Fragoso,126 Pineda Jaimes,127 Lagarde y de los Rios128 and Jusidman Rapoport129 classified what happened in Ciudad Juárez as femicide. 142. In addition, the report of the Special Commission to Examine and Monitor the Investigations into Femicides in the Mexican Republic of the Chamber of Representatives (hereinafter the “Commission of the Chamber of Representatives”) and the report of the Ciudad Juárez Commission, refer to the “femicides” that supposedly occur in Ciudad Juárez.130 So do the Observatorio Ciudadano,131 the NGOs Centro para el Desarrollo Integral de la Mujer and AC/Red Ciudadana de NO Violencia 124 Article 21 of the General Law on the Access of Women to a Life Free of Violence, published in the Federation’s Official Gazette on February 1, 2007 (case file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XLIII, attachment 109, folio 16126). 125 Cf. Comisión para Prevenir y Erradicar la Violencia contra las Mujeres en Ciudad Juárez, Primer Informe de Gestión, supra note 67, folio 8661 and the Commission of the Chamber of Representatives, Violencia Feminicida en 10 entidades de la Republic Mexicana, supra note 86, folio 6885. 126 Cf. testimony of expert witness Monárrez Fragoso, supra note 101, folio 3906. 127 Cf. testimony of expert witness Pineda Jaimes, supra note 112, folio 2813. 128 Cf. statement made before notary public by expert witness Lagarde y de los Ríos on April 20, 2009 (merits case file, volume XI, folio 3386). 129 Cf. testimony of expert witness Jusidman Rapoport, supra note 99, folio 3806. 130 Cf. Commission of the Chamber of Representatives, Violencia Feminicida en 10 entidades de la Republic Mexicana, supra note 86, folio 6889, and Comisión para Prevenir y Erradicar la Violencia contra las Mujeres en Ciudad Juárez, Primer Informe de Gestión, supra note 67, folio 8662. 131 Cf. Final report of Observatorio Ciudadano, supra note 81, folio 6714.