International round table: "News of the legislation on prevention and combating domestic violence"

International round table: "News of the legislation on prevention and combating domestic violence"

91,221 reports of committed offenses and other events related to domestic violence were registered by the National Police of Ukraine in 8 months of 2019.

708 criminal offenses provided for in Art. 126-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine "Domestic violence", registered by the National Police of Ukraine for 8 months of 2019.

17,341 calls to the National Hotline for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking and Gender Discrimination were received fromand 6 months of 2019.
Behind these numbers, there are cases that led to serious, sometimes unavoidable, consequences.

1 year and 9 months from the date of entry into force of the Law "On Prevention and Combating Domestic Violence"

9 months from the date of the relevant amendments to the Criminal Code of Ukraine criminalizing domestic violence.
At the same time, the number of challenges to the implementation of legislative norms does not decrease.

Thank you for your cooperation. The National Academy of the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine hosted the International Round Table: "New legislation on the prevention and counteraction of domestic violence", at which a number of challenges faced by the subjects of prevention and counteraction to domestic violence and the situation of responding to cases of domestic violence were raised and discussed. in general,

The participation of experts and the presentation of monitoring took place within the framework of the EU Project "Pravo-Justice"