Violence against women: Zero tolerance

Abstract

Violence against women has been present in every society for centuries. The right of men over the body and being of women was not questioned until the emancipation of women and the first works written on this topic in the 1960s. Today, half a century later, the prevailing view in all democratic societies is that violence against women is socially unacceptable and must be sanctioned. The principle of zero tolerance was adopted and applied - that is, the expression of zero degree of flexibility towards violence against women. No one can invoke their tradition and culture when violating the human rights and freedoms of others. The paper gives an overview of the concept of violence, comparative documents regulating this legal area, within the legal regulations, as the newly adopted Strategy for Prevention and Combating Gender-Based Violence against Women and Domestic Violence for the period 2021-2025. Also, the paper deals with the issue of the need for measures in the trial against violence against women, all with the aim of reducing it to as small a number as possible.

Keywords

• violence against women
• victim
• strategy
• types of violence
• zero tolerance