FEMICIDAL SUICIDE IN CHILE: SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR IBERO-AMERICA*

Rodrigo Andrés Guerra Espinosa; Ronald Vílchez

doi:10.37656/s20768400-2026-02-09

FEMICIDAL SUICIDE IN CHILE: SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR IBERO-AMERICA*

Título traducido de la contribución: SUICIDIO FEMICIDA EN CHILE: ALGUNAS CONSIDERACIONES PARA IBEROAMÉRICA*

Rodrigo Andrés Guerra Espinosa
, Ronald Vílchez

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This paper presents different interpretive proposals regarding femicidal suicide under Article 390 sexies of the Chilean Penal Code. The first section explains the dogmatic and criminal policy reasons for creating this rule of conduct. The second section presents three teleological frameworks through which the prohibitive rule can be interpreted as valid within the Chilean legal system. The third one demonstrates that this criminal offense constitutes a crime of endangerment transcending the abstract-concrete dichotomy. Therefore, messages that incite a woman to commit suicide could be punished under this criminal offense.

Título traducido de la contribución	SUICIDIO FEMICIDA EN CHILE: ALGUNAS CONSIDERACIONES PARA IBEROAMÉRICA*
Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	157-176
Número de páginas	20
Publicación	Iberoamerica (Russian Federation)
N.º	2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.37656/s20768400-2026-02-09
Estado	Publicada - 2026

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