A eficácia das medidas protetivas de urgência prevista na Lei Maria da Penha, no estado do Ceará

Abstract

Violence against women is a reflection of discrimination that has evolved over time and, today, is one of the main ways human rights are violated. Faced with this never-ending violence against women, Law no. 11,340, of August 7, 2006, known as the Maria da Penha Law, which created mechanisms to curb domestic and family violence against women, which can be physical, sexual, psychological, physical, property and moral. In this sense, the objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of applying the urgent protective measures provided for in the Maria da Penha Law in the State of Ceara, to combat violence against women and prevent feminicide, interpreting the urgent protective measures provided for in the Maria da Penha Law; analyzing data on violence against women in the State of Ceara, in the “Brazilian Public Security Yearbook”, published in 2022 and by the Brazilian Public Security Forum, published in 2023, which provide data on violence against women; and analyze whether the Maria da Penha Law has effectively fulfilled, in the State of Ceara, its main objective, which is the protection of the physical, psychological, sexual, patrimonial or moral integrity of women. A bibliographical and documentary research was carried out, with a descriptive character and a qualitative approach, with consultation of doctrine and jurisprudence, the Federal Constitution of 1988 and other normative documents that deal with the topic. It was concluded that, even given the positive results presented in this study on the applicability of the emergency protective measures of the Maria da Penha Law in the State of Ceara, it is not possible to determine whether these in fact promote the effective protection of women victims of domestic violence and familiar.