Corruption as a discrimination mechanism

Authors

  • Yvana Lucía Novoa Curich Pontifical Catholic University of Peru image/svg+xml

Keywords:

Corruption, Public Administration, Human Rights, Equality and Nondiscrimination, Vulnerable Groups

Abstract

This research paper deals with the phenomenon of corruption as a crime not only from the perspective of criminal law, but as the cause of violations of fundamental rights. The article explains the concept of corruption and places this phenomenon in the international legal framework. Likewise, the content of the right to equality and the prohibition of discrimination is developed in this article. It exposed, with the help of examples, how that corruption violates Human Rights, affecting vulnerable groups in a particular and special way, and how well it ends up being a mechanism of structural discrimination in Peru.

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Author Biography

  • Yvana Lucía Novoa Curich, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

    Abogada por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). Segunda especialidad en Derecho Público y Buen Gobierno por la misma casa de estudios. Postítulo en Transparencia, Accountability y Lucha contra la corrupción por la Universidad de Chile. Miembro del Grupo de Investigación en Derecho Penal y Corrupción (DEPEC). Ha sido Investigadora del Área Anticorrupción del Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos de la PUCP. Actualmente, es Abogada Monitor del Centro de Información Abierta Liber.

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Published

2016-08-02

Issue

No. 47 (2016)

Section

Derechos Humanos

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How to Cite

Corruption as a discrimination mechanism. (2016). Derecho & Sociedad, 47, 215-226. https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechoysociedad/article/view/18886