SA Crime QuArterly No. 54 • DeC 2015 * Camilla Pickles is a doctoral candidate at the Centre for Child Law, Department of Private Law, University of Pretoria. This article is inspired by recent legal developments in Latin America. In Venezuela, the Organic Law on the Right of Women to a Life Free from Violence (2007) recognises obstetric violence as a form of violence that health personnel infl...
