ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a new step in understanding the dilemmas we have faced in attempting to arrive at a typification of the modalities of feminicidal violence. It is critical to understand the new forms of war and how they mainly affect women’s bodies. The informal character of these wars has codified a new form of territoriality no longer related to a nation-state. In this political scenario, we cannot reduce violence against women’s bodies to the category of private and intimate crimes. We argue that femigenocides should be considered crimes of war. The objective is to achieve greater understanding and precision and some degree of agreement within the ranks of activists and scholars on the subject. The goal is that the categories we agree upon will be adapted or can be adapted to legal use, both in courts of national jurisdiction and before international human rights tribunals.
