Guatemala
Guatemala Constitutional Court Case No. 936-95, (1996)
Constitutional Court
Keywords: Discrimination-Gender/Sex
Brief Summary: The Constitutional Court examined a claim which alleged that certain provisions of the penal code treated women and men differently and that these provisions contradicted the equality guaranteed to all by the Constitution.
CEDAW: The Court upheld the challenge and further declared that his "represented a failure by Guatamala to fulfill its obligations under CEDAW and other international instruments."
Full Text (Searchable Database in Spanish); Case brief from CEDAW At Work in "CEDAW: Treaty For The Rights of Women"