DA VIOLÊNCIA INSTITUCIONAL AO FEMINICÍDIO: O SISTEMA DE JUSTIÇA E OS DIREITOS HUMANOS DAS MULHERES NO BRASIL E NA PARAÍBA

Abstract

This study addresses violence against women from a historical, legal, and social perspective, analyzing its causes, forms, and mechanisms of confrontation. It first contextualizes the phenomenon as the result of a cultural construction that legitimizes inequalities and violent practices. It then examines institutional violence, revictimization during judicial processes, and the social silence that contributes to impunity, as well as non-lethal violence and femicide, highlighting their physical, psychological, and social impacts. The main objective is to understand how the justice system contributes to the perpetuation of patriarchal culture in Brazil and how this dynamic affects women’s human rights, resulting in femicide. The research, qualitative in nature, adopts an exploratory and analytical methodology, based on bibliographic and documentary review, analysis of legislation and international treaties, as well as statistical data from official sources. It also presents data and emblematic cases from the state of Paraíba, which illustrate the connection between the local reality and the national context. The results show that confronting gender based violence requires not only effective public policies and strict application of the law, but also a profound cultural transformation capable of breaking discriminatory and violent patterns.