Presumption of innocence in gender violence criminal proceedings

Abstract

Presumption of innocence is a fundamental right recognized at a universal level. Various factors can undermine this right of all investigated and prosecuted. In recent times, the social pressure on certain crimes conditions the full respect for the presumption of innocence. We analyze a specific case of criminal proceedings in which the presumption of innocence of the accused, due to the type of crime in question, gender violence, is directly linked to the probatory availability that, in addition, in these specific assumptions, has its own characteristics.