Women’s Link requests the State an “apology” to the condemnation of the … – 20minutos.es

Women's Link requests the State an "apology" to the condemnation of the … – 20minutos.es

Paloma Soria, a lawyer Women’s Link Worldwide, an organization that defended at the UN González Angela Carreño. (WOMEN’SLINK)

Women’s Link Worldwide, the organization filed a complaint with the UN finally Spain has sentenced failing to protect a girl who was murdered by her father , announced Monday that he will ask the state a “public apology”.

Counsel of organization Paloma Soria explained that are “very happy” with the sentence and the mother, Angela Gonzalez, this opinion deserved.

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has condemned Spain for failing to act diligently to protect a victim of domestic violence, and her daughter, age 7, murdered in 2003 by Father on an unsupervised visit.

In the resolution, the Committee explained that the negligence of the state agents led to the death of the daughter of Angela by the abuser and condemns the state for not have protected her or her daughter , not to punish the offender and not investigate and compensate the woman for damages.

discuss what went wrong

Conviction requires redress and compensation for Angela, but as the NGO believes that “a repair is not purely economic,” among other things State claim a public apology in relation to the facts.

hope the state see this sentence as an opportunity to sit and discuss what went wrong “We hope the state see this as an opportunity to condemn sit at the table to discuss what went wrong in the case of Angela, what is failing today and discuss how they are implemented effectively and provide contents Committee recommendations to the State ” , stressed the lawyer.

You said that for four years after leaving the home where he lived with the perpetrator, Angela went “day after day” to court for protection for herself and her daughter.

put more than 30 complaints you also requested reassurance that visits father to daughter they were monitored. “What happened is that a court ultimately based on prejudices allowed the visits were not monitored and was then murdered Andrea” recalled.

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Soria has added that the courts told him that any child needs a father for their development but, as explained, when that father is an aggressor and there is evidence of violence these children are also victims . “They can not award custody without taking that into account,” he ruled.

You have indicated that the mother continued to fight for the recognition that what had led to the death was a failure by the State , a reality that has now recognized the international body.

“Currently Angela is assimilating that has finally gotten a court recognizes that the authorities were responsible for the murder of his daughter “, he concluded.