As part of the appointments proposed by the Governor Martin Llaryorain the leadership of the organizations that make up the heads of the Judicial Department of Córdoba, the Association of Women Judges of Argentina (Amja) expressed her Concern about the lack of women in the proposal of Deputy Attorney General submitted to state legislation.
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The company sent a formal notice to the lieutenant governor and president of the unicameral chamber last Saturday. Myrian Prunottoand requests that the proposal be read at the start of Monday’s meeting where the specifications will be discussed.
Recent changes and the creation of the penal prosecutor’s office shape the political and institutional context. The creation of this new organization brought with it the suggestion of leadership Bettina Croppiwho previously worked as a deputy public prosecutor and She was the only woman to lead the attorney general’s office. With his transfer, the Crown Prosecution Service will be made up entirely of men at its highest level, although they will be responsible for shaping and evaluating the province’s criminal policy in sensitive areas such as: family and gender-based violencea phenomenon that is constantly increasing and is one of the priorities that Croppi has been responsible for so far.
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The note addressed to Prunotto, the association’s president, mentions the chambermaid Eva Floreswarns that “no woman has been nominated” in the assistant district attorney proposal he is considering contrary to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)what has Constitutional hierarchy. The statement emphasizes that these provisions have been respected in the past by the Legislature of Cordoba itself during its integration.
The text also recalls that the Public Prosecutor’s Office has had women in high-level positions for more than 15 years and without interruption: since 2007, María Marta Cáceres de Bollati, Alejandra Hillman and Bettina Croppi herself have been appointed deputy prosecutors. For the association this trajectory marks an institutional standard that would now be disrupted.
Furthermore, the statement highlights that Governor Llaryora himself has publicly expressed his support for the inclusion of women in decision-making bodies. As examples, he cites the current composition of the Supreme Court of Cordoba and the position represented by the senator Alejandra Vigo on the Constitutional Commission of the Nation’s Senate, where she advocated for the need to include women on the Supreme Court.
“We ask that this note be read at the opening of the meeting to process the lists of proposals for deputy prosecutors,” concludes the statement, which places the issue at the center of the debate. Gender parity in one of the most sensitive areas of the justice system Córdoba, at a time when the power structures within the prosecutor’s office are being redefined.
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