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Argentina National Register of Femicides Annual Report 2015

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Datos estadísticos del Poder Judicial sobre: Feminicidios 2015
Geography 
Argentina (ARG)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2015 - 12/2015
Data type
Summary 

The National Registry of Femicides report presents data on the occurrences and causes of all homicides of females by males within the country for 2015.

Figures included in the report come from recorded occurrences of femicide that were gathered by the country's provincial courts, superior courts, and National Court of Criminal and Correctional Appeals for each province.

For each province, the number of victims, age of victims, relationship between the victim and the accused perpetrator, the number of adolescent and child victims, and the court status of a related case of femicide are all reported. For 2015, there were 235 total recorded cases of femicide in the country.