Pravo na sigurnost: zaštita žena od nasilja u intimnim partnerskim relacijama
Violence against Women in Intimate Partner Relationships

Summary/Abstract: Violence against women in intimate partner relations is the most frequent form of violence in the family context. Although protracted and severe violence may leave grave consequences, adequate social reaction can prevent secondary victimization and redress the sustained damages. In international documents, violence against women has become a major human rights issue, which is why the key role of states in creating “a climate of tolerance” and developing an appropriate protection and prevention system is being stressed. A scrutiny of the state policy in this sphere in Serbia leads to the conclusion that it is incoherent, unsynchronized and fragmented. The key paradigms of protection are merely notional. The system of protection has proved to be inei cient in achieving its primary goal - to stop the ongoing and prevent any future episodes of violence. A complete, comprehensive, and specii c protection of women against violence in partner relationships, organized after the model of “best practices”, can also be made possible within our context. Harmonizing views and principles will be the most dificult and the long term process, that can be enhanced by an explicit and clear-cut state policy.

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