VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE LIGHT OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS Cover Image

PRZEMOC WOBEC KOBIET W ŚWIETLE ORZECZNICTWA EUROPEJSKIEGO TRYBUNAŁU PRAW CZŁOWIEKA
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE LIGHT OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Author(s): Sabina Kubas
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Studies in violence and power, Victimology, EU-Legislation
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Keywords: violence; human rights; case law; European Court of Human Rights;

Summary/Abstract: Violence against women is one of the more and more frequent acts sanctioned both on the basis of internal and international regulations. Undoubtedly, these are violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms. European regulations include, above all, the right to life and health, as well as respect for private and family life. Therefore, the use of violence against women is an absolute violation of the prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment and is an obvious form of discrimination against man and citizen on grounds of sex. For many centuries, women were mentally and physically dependent on their husbands and fathers, so violence was more often used against them. Considering the indicated topics, it should be emphasized that cases concerning aggression against women and their humiliation based on gender have repeatedly been and still are the subject of complaints considered by the European Court of Human Rights.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 97-107
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish