Efectos tras la emisión del Código Orgánico Integral Penal en las sentencias por femicidio en Galápagos: análisis comparativo con el periodo anterior a su promulgación

Abstract

Abstract: This research seeks to strengthen the prevention of femicide and the protection of women's rights in the Galápagos Islands by analyzing the impact of the implementation of the Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code (COIP) on these crimes. Although in force since 2014 and despite its classification with severe penalties, gender-based violence persists. Therefore, from a quantitative and mixed-methods approach, this research evaluates whether this legislation has succeeded in reducing femicides and improving access to justice. Aspects such as the application of legal benefits to perpetrators, errors in the classification of the crime, and structural barriers are considered. To this end, court rulings, official statistics, and interviews with judicial officers were analyzed. The results show that, while the Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code represents progress in the legal recognition of femicide, its implementation in Galápagos faces serious limitations. Among them, the lack of training, the scarcity of resources in the judicial system, and a culture of tolerance towards gender violence stand out, which weakens the expected outcome of the law and limits its transformative capacity in the territory.