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Colombia: Action for unconstitutionality filed against article 23 of Law 1719. According to this law, the protocol on care for victims of sexual violence is optional and not mandatory. The action of unconstitutionality, filed by La Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de Las Mujeres, Women’s Link, HUMANAS, Dejusticia, and the Casa de la Mujer, argued that having an optional protocol is retrogressive, is discriminatory, and reinforces gender stereotypes.