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MAGUROVÁ,Z., MAGUROVÁ, H.: Protection of victims of gender based violence against women.
Právny obzor, 100, 2017, č. 6, s. 622 – 635.
Abstract. Protection of
victims of gender based violence against women. Violence against women as an
extreme form of discrimination is one the most serious form of violation of the
human rights of women. The aim of this paper is to show how selected documents
of the UN, Council of Europe and the European Union devoted to gender based
violence against women are reflected in Slovak law. Legislation often uses only
gender-neutral formulations. International conventions and documents tend to use
a more narrow term – gender based violence against women. The Istanbul
Convention covers all areas that may have an impact on the elimination of
violence against women and help its victims. The Slovak Republic was one of the
first states that signed the Istanbul Convention; nevertheless this convention
is still not ratified. The EU Victims’ Directive, which was transposed by just
adopted new Victims’ Act in Slovakia, has several goals that can impact
positively on victims of crime, including ensuring that all victims of crime
have access to support services, protecting particularly vulnerable victims, and
preventing ‘secondary victimisation’ of victims with respect to their treatment
by the criminal justice system. Notably, the Victims’ Directive variously
recognises victims of violence because of their gender, gender identity or
gender expression. But in new Slovak Victims’ Act is missing gender as form of
discrimination, so the victims of gender-based violence, victims of crimes
because of their gender identity or expression are not included to “vulnerable
victims.” Likewise, a special act concerning gender–based violence against women
has not been adopted yet in Slovakia. The authors focus on the new concepts
contained in the Istanbul Convention, point out to imprecise translation of
concepts into Slovak language and recommend introducing of some new concepts and
their definitions in the draft of Act on Elimination of Gender-Based Violence.
The adoption of the “special” and “comprehensive” Act on Elimination of
Gender-Based Violence based on Istanbul Convention together with the revised
“general” Victims’ Act based on EU Victims’ Directive may become one of steps
toward improvement of the situation in the area of gender-based violence against
women.
Key words: victim,
vulnerable victim, gender based violence, violence against women
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