TABLE OF CONTENTS
II PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT .............................................................................. 5
III JURISDICTION ............................................................................................................ 7
IV PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS .......................................................................................... 7
A. Alleged failure to exhaust domestic remedies .......................................................... 7
A.1 Arguments of the parties and the Commission ......................................................... 7
A.2 Considerations of the Court ................................................................................... 9
B. Alleged incompetence ratione materiae ................................................................. 10
B.1 Arguments of the Parties and the Commission ....................................................... 10
B.2 Considerations of the Court ................................................................................. 10
V EVIDENCE .................................................................................................................... 10
A. Admissibility of documentary evidence .................................................................. 10
B. Admissibility of witness and expert evidence ......................................................... 11
VI FACTS ........................................................................................................................ 12
A. The sexual violence suffered by Brisa De Angulo Losada ........................................ 12
B. Main Regulatory Framework .................................................................................. 14
C. Steps taken by the family of Brisa De Angulo Losada prior to the complaint filed with
the state authorities .................................................................................................... 15
D. Investigation and Criminal Proceedings ................................................................. 17
VII MERITS..................................................................................................................... 25
VII-1 RIGHTS TO HUMANE TREATMENT, TO PRIVATE AND FAMILY LIFE, TO THE RIGHTS
OF THE CHILD, TO EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW, TO A FAIR TRIAL AND JUDICIAL
PROTECTION, IN RELATION TO THE OBLIGATIONS TO RESPECT AND GUARANTEE RIGHTS
AND NOT TO DISCRIMINATE, AND ADOPT PROVISIONS IN DOMESTIC LAW, AND ARTICLES
7(B), 7(C), 7(E) AND 7(F) OF THE CONVENTION OF BELÉM DO PARÁ ............................. 26
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B.
Arguments of the parties and the Commission ...................................................... 26
Considerations of the Court................................................................................... 28
B.1 Enhanced due diligence and the duty of special protection in investigations and
criminal proceedings related to sexual violence committed against children and the
duty of non-revictimization .................................................................................. 29
B.1.(a) The essential components of the duty of enhanced due diligence and the special
protection of children .................................................................................................. 29
B.1.(b) Due diligence in the criminal proceedings for the sexual violence suffered by Brisa .35
B.2 Reasonable timeframe and the speed of the process ...................................... 42
B.3 Consent in the crimes of sexual violence and access to justice ....................... 45
B.4 Discrimination in access to justice based on reasons of gender and childhood,
and institutional violence ..................................................................................... 52
B.5 Conclusion...................................................................................................... 56
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