"The Jineth Bedoya Law—crucial for preventing revictimization during justice and rights-restitution processes for women affected by gender-based violence—cleared its final congressional vote on Tuesday [June 16] and is now ready for the President of the Republic’s signature. The Senate adopted the same text previously approved by the House of Representatives, meaning no reconciliation between the two chambers will be necessary.
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Thus, the mandate of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights was finally fulfilled; the Court had found the Colombian State liable in the case of [journalist] Jineth Bedoya and ordered it to adopt measures to prevent revictimization.
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The initiative establishes mandatory training on the prevention of gender-based violence for public servants, contractors and private individuals performing public functions related to the response to, protection against, prevention of and sanctioning of such conduct."
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This text was translated with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Teresa Mioli.
