International Standards on Domestic Violence and Their Implementation in the Western Balkans

Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović
Mirjana Dokmanović

Content

• Preface
• Acknowledgements

• Introductory remarks
• Aim of the research/regional report
• Method and basic materials used for the regional research/ report
• Background information about the countries included in the research

• Prevalence of domestic violence
• Dark numbers of domestic violence
• Characteristics of victims and offenders
• Factors that contribute to domestic violence
• Research on domestic violence

• Introduction
• The role of international law in the fight against discrimination and violence against women (with the accent on domestic violence)
• What is international law?
• International human rights law
• Human rights of women
• Women's human rights and violence against women
• Domestic violence as a violation of women's human rights
• The obligation of States Parties to implement international human rights law
• Introduction: how does international human rights law operate?
• Sources of international law
• The nature of states' obligations under the human rights law
• Binding law and soft law
• Transposition of international norms into national law and policies
• Self-executing provisions
• The monitoring of implementation by international bodies
• Implementation of norms concerning domestic violence - specific problems
• The international legal and policy documents that are relevant to domestic violence
• The level of the United Nations
• The level of the Council of Europe
• The level of the European Union
• The Checklist: how was it developed and who contributed?
• The use of the Checklist in the national in-depth studies

• Introduction
• Definitions of domestic violence
• International standards concerning definitions of domestic violence
• Definitions of domestic violence that are in use in the countries
• Conclusions
• Legal norms concerning domestic violence
• International standards regarding legal norms in the field of domestic violence
• Legal norms that are in place or absent in the region
• Conclusions
• Legal procedures and remedies that offer protection against domestic violence
• International standards concerning legal procedures and remedies that offer protection against domestic violence
• Procedures and remedies that are in place or absent in the region
• Conclusions
• Measures to prevent domestic violence
• International standards regarding prevention of domestic violence
• Preventive measures that are in place or absent in the region
• Conclusions
• Protective measures against domestic violence
• International standards regarding the protection against domestic violence
• Protective measures that are in place or absent in the region
• Conclusions
• Collection of data and monitoring domestic violence
• International standards regarding data collection and monitoring concerning domestic violence
• The practice concerning research and monitoring in the region
• Conclusions

• Introduction
• Grassroots activities of NGOs
• Prevention
• Protection and support
• Collection of data/research and monitoring
• Advocating better implementation of international standards
• Akcije za uvođenje međunarodnih standarda u nacionalno zakonodavstvo
• Aktivnosti za unapređenje efikasnosti pravnih sredstava i postupaka
• Conclusions

• CONCLUSIONS
• REFERENCES
• APPENDICES