Considerations on the Improvement of the Legal Framework Necessary for Preventing and Combating Violence against Women in the European Union

• Main Author: Tache Bocanială
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Danubius University 2015-05-01
• Series: EIRP Proceedings
• Subjects: gender violence; domestic violence; reporting acts of violence; law enforcement agencies
• Online Access: http://proceedings.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/eirp/article/view/1662/1532

Violence against women is a common phenomenon in all social layers and in all society, regardless of their stage of development, political stability, culture or religion, with particularly negative consequences. Combating violence against women requires, besides the sanctioning, repressive measures against perpetrators, and also a series of preventive protection measures and services for victims. Reforming the criminal law of Romania, but also a number of regulations adopted by international organizations, especially the European ones, be it European Union or the Council of Europe, attest encouraging legal developments in this area. The conclusions drawn in this paper from the daily practice of judicial bodies, as well as specialized studies highlight the need for improvement and adaptation of specific legislation in order to prevent and combat crime and violence targeting women, highlighting a few directions in this regard.