The role of public control in preventing and combating domestic violence

Abstract

The article examines the theoretical and legal foundations of one of the areas of public participation in the implementation of state policy in the field of preventing and combating domestic violence – public control. Prevention and counteraction to domestic violence is based on the interaction of these entities with public associations, non-governmental organizations, and the media. The state of elaboration of this topic shows that the broad formulation of the general goals of public institutions aimed at overcoming domestic violence at the present stage (even in the context of a full-scale war in Ukraine) needs to be specified. The purpose of this article is to establish the role of the institute of public control in preventing and combating domestic violence, as well as to clarify the legal basis for its implementation, to outline possible prospects for further improvement of Ukrainian legislation. It is established that public control over compliance with the legislation in the field of prevention and counteraction to domestic violence is: a form of organized and mostly indirect influence of citizens on the effectiveness of state policy to prevent and combat domestic violence; one of the means of guaranteeing compliance with the law and increasing the responsibility of public authorities and local governments (their officials) for the proper performance of their duties in this area of public policy; a necessary component of initiating further reforms and implementing new projects and programs to prevent domestic violence in the country. It is proved that in order to increase the role of public control in the field of prevention and counteraction to domestic violence, it would be expedient to expand the range of subjects and forms of this type of control directly in the Law of Ukraine «On Prevention and Counteraction to Domestic Violence».