DZIAŁANIA UNII EUROPEJSKIEJ W ZWALCZANIU PRZEMOCY WOBEC KOBIET

Abstract

The text explores important issues concerning violence against women in the light of the legal regulations of the Istanbul Convention and in the context of difficulties emerging during actions taken by the European Union to implement the Istanbul Convention in the EU legal framework. The European Union, within its competences, has not yet taken specific legal measures to combat crime involving violence against women, i.e. originating in the fact that someone is a woman or, statistically, there is a gross overrepresentation of women among the victims. The article describes the stages of the ratification and legislative processes, thanks to which the issue of counteracting gender-based violence will remain permanently on the agenda of the EU bodies, thereby contributing to a better understanding both of the threats posed by this form of crime for all societies and the need for the integrated fight against it in the common area of freedom, security, and justice.