The Execution Department issued today a new thematic factsheet focusing on the execution of ECHR judgments concerning domestic violence. The European Court has noted in its judgments that domestic violence is a general problem which affects all member States and which does not always surface into the public sphere, since it often takes place within personal relationships or closed circuits and affects various family members, although women make up an overwhelming majority of victims. It has also stressed that comprehensive legal and other measures are necessary to provide victims of domestic violence with effective protection and safeguards.
The present factsheet provides examples of general and individual measures reported by States in the context of the execution of the European Court’s judgments related to domestic violence concerning: integrated policies; legal protection, victim support and effective investigations; measures of prevention and awareness-raising; and monitoring and data collection.
