Abstract

This article focuses on the following issues: the list of people offered victim status under the Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence of Azerbaijan, the legal remedies available to them, and the legal measures taken by state authorities in all kinds of domestic violence episodes. Additionally, the Law is scrutinized in light of the CoE Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. Hence, the benefits and shortcomings of the current legislation are easily found.

Highlights

  • During the recent decades, the problem of gender-based violence, mainly domestic violence, became a leading one and requiring a solution

  • Emphasizing the fight against domestic violence, this article analyzes various approaches to defining domestic violence within the framework of the state’s obligation to protect victims against domestic violence as well as legal and other measures taken by state bodies on the basis of national legislation in comparison with the CoE Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention)

  • The aim of this study is to explore how the protection of domestic violence victims is developing under Azerbaijani laws by giving a definition to victims of it

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Summary

Introduction

The problem of gender-based violence, mainly domestic violence, became a leading one and requiring a solution. 112 affects womens health and well-being adversely.[1] The study of women’s rights illustrates the increasing ambition and complexity of the human rights movement.[2] Emphasizing the fight against domestic violence, this article analyzes various approaches to defining domestic violence within the framework of the state’s obligation to protect victims against domestic violence as well as legal and other measures taken by state bodies on the basis of national legislation in comparison with the CoE Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention). In order to acquire a general overview of the problem and its ways of legal solution, we are going to research the Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence in light of the experience and good practices of several states and international legal documents. The research is based on a comparison of national laws in accordance with the Istanbul Convention and highlights distinctions in its approaches

Definition of Domestic Violence
Types of Legal Remedies Available to Victims of Domestic Violence
Episodes of Domestic Violence Constituting Criminal Offense
Episodes of Domestic Violence Without Corpus Delicti
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