3. Similarities and differences in terminology | Mexico | Fighting Domestic Violence

3.1 Domestic violence

This refers to abusive acts of power or intentional omission, directed to dominate, submit, control or physically, verbally, psychologically, financially, economically and sexually assault women, inside or outside the family home, whose aggressor has or has had a relationship of kinship by consanguinity or affinity, of marriage, cohabitation or maintains or has maintained a de facto relationship.

3.2 Stalking

The act is conducted by whoever lasciviously assaults a person of either sex, using their hierarchical position derived from their labor relations, teachers, domestic or any other that implies subordination.

3.3 Harassment

This is a form of violence where subordination is not a factor, but there is an abusive use of power over the victim that leads to a state of defenselessness and risk for the victim, independent of whether the act was carried out once or repeatedly.

3.4 Victim

Direct victims are those persons who have directly suffered any damage or economic, physical, mental, emotional or, in general, any endangerment or injury to their legal rights or rights as a result of the commission of a crime or violations of their rights recognized in the Mexican Constitution and in the international treaties of which Mexico is a party.

Family members or dependents who have an immediate relationship with the direct victim and any person who in any way suffers harm or danger in their sphere of rights to assist a victim are indirect victims.

The quality of victims is acquired with the acknowledgment of damage or impairment of rights in the terms established in law, and regardless of whether the person responsible for the damage is identified, apprehended or convicted, or of their participation in any judicial or administrative processes.

3.5 Abuser

Criminal legislation considers an abuser, perpetrator or batterer the active subject in a felony. Every felony has a specific definition of an "active subject."

The particular legislation defines "aggressor" as the person who inflicts any type of violence against women.

3.6 Civil protection order

These orders are acts of protection and urgent application based on the best interests of the victim, and they are fundamentally precautionary.

3.7 Causes of action

These are abusive acts of power or intentional omission, directed to dominate, submit, control or physically, verbally, psychologically, financially, economically and sexually assault women, inside or outside the family home, whose aggressor has or has had a relationship of kinship by consanguinity or affinity, of marriage, cohabitation or maintains or has maintained a de facto relationship.

3.8 Marital rape

This means to have forced sexual intercourse with a person of any sex where the victim is the wife or concubine of the aggressor.

3.9 Are there any other important domestic violence terms defined in relevant domestic violence statutes and codes?

Physical abuse

This refers to any act of intentional aggression with the use of any part of an object, weapon or substance with the purpose of immobilizing or hurting the physical integrity of another, and with the intention of subjection and control.

Psycho-emotional abuse

This behavioral pattern consists of repetitive acts and omissions, the forms of which may be prohibitions, coercion, conditions, intimidation, threats, deprecating attitudes and abandonment that deteriorate, diminish or affect the structure of the victim's personality.

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