Capítulo I. Parte General disposiciones generales

The present law has as its object to guarantee the life, liberty, integrity, dignity, protection and equality of all women before the law, and of the law, particularly when, by reason of gender, in relations of power or trust, in the public or private sphere, the aggressor commits against them discriminatory practices, physical, psychological or economic violence, or disregard for their rights.

Its purpose is to promote and implement provisions oriented toward the eradication of physical, psychological, sexual or economic violence, or any type of coercion against women, guaranteeing them a life free of violence, as stipulated in the Political Constitution of the Republic and in international instruments on women's human rights ratified by Guatemala.

This law shall apply when the woman's right to a life free of violence in its different manifestations is violated, both in the public and in the private sphere.