La violencia patrimonial conyugal en el Ecuador: Un Análisis Jurídico de su Juzgamiento

Abstract

Violence against women and girls is one of the most pervasive human rights violations worldwide. Cases occur daily across the globe, with severe physical, economic, and psychological consequences for women and girls, both in the short and long term, hindering their full and equal participation in society. The impact of this violence, on individuals, families, and society as a whole, is profound. One of the primary forms of violence against women is economic and financial violence, which encompasses a range of behaviors, including denying access to economic resources, destroying material goods, withholding personal property, restricting access to bank accounts or savings, damaging property, or forcing the victim to rely economically on the perpetrator.Notably, regulations in Ecuador and many Latin American and Caribbean countries aim to prevent and eradicate this form of violence. In Ecuador, such acts are penalized as offenses through an expedited procedure outlined in the Organic Law to Prevent and Eradicate Violence against Women (LOPVEM) and the Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code (COIP). The methodology employed to study economic and financial violence involved analyzing and describing specific social behaviors classified as malicious acts under the law and subject to punishment. Data sources included technological tools, scientific articles, books, judicial decisions, legal regulations, and interviews with prosecutors, judges, and lawyers involved in the justice system to understand the challenges and applicability of gender-sensitive protocols in prosecuting economic and financial violence.