Gender-based Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
Gender-based Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
Author(s): Amina DizdarContributor(s): Tarik Vukas (Translator)
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Criminal Law, Studies in violence and power, Penal Policy
Published by: Sarajevo Open Centre
Keywords: Gender-based violence; violence against women; domestic violence; Criminal Code; fines and imprisonment for perpetrators; Law on Protection from Domestic Violence;
Summary/Abstract: Criminal codes in Bosnia and Herzegovina prescribe fines and imprisonment for perpetrators of violence against family members. However, this area is also regulated by the laws on protection from domestic violence, which treat domestic violence as a misdemeanor. Republika Srpska adopted the Law amending and supplementing the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence at the end of 2019, which definitively defines domestic violence as a criminal offense. In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Brcko District, cases of domestic violence are still prosecuted as misdemeanors.
Journal: NARANDŽASTI IZVJEŠTAJ
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 32-38
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Bosnian