Sexual violence against men: Jurisprudential advance of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Abstract

This article examines the jurisprudence of the Inter–American Court of Human Rights on sexual violence when the victim is a man. In this sense it is highlighted the jurisprudential progress made in the case “Rodriguez Vera and others (‘Persons disappeared from the Palace of Justice’) vs. Colombia”, where a man was recognized, for the first time, as a victim of sexual violence. This article also mentions in general terms, the state of discussion on this topic in other spheres, both national and international.