Victims of gender-based violence and their legal protection in Serbia: In relation to men's violence against women

Abstract

The main issue in this work is men's violence against women as a hate crime. The author analyzes this through a feminist perspective considering the relevance of basic facts and concepts such as gender, gender roles and socialization, power, patriarchy and women's rights. The author analyzes the position of women victims of men's violence on both the international and national level, and their legal protection, in general and especially in Serbia, using a victimological approach.

Keywords

• women
• men's violence against women
• gender
• power
• patriarchy
• women's-human rights
• legal protection of women in Serbia