draft\u2019s final version<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong> published on the government\u2019s official website in mid-November showed that the bill had undergone several significant amendments since it was first put to public discussion early last month. The authors had also changed the name of the bill to \u201con prevention of family violence, protection of persons subjected to family violence, restoration of family cohesion.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201c\u2018Cohesion\u2019 is a term which allows for subjective perception; it can also manifest itself in a woman putting up with the violence used by her husband. We believe that the inclusion of this principle contradicts the principle of the law\u2019s legal certainty, and subjects human rights – the highest value – to the subjective perception of other members of the society about \u2018cohesion in the family,\u2019\u201d members of the Coalition to Stop Violence against Women wrote in a letter addressed to the Government, stating also that the internationally-accepted term \u201cdomestic violence\u201d should not have been replaced with the phrase \u201cfamily violence.\u201d<\/p>\n
The definition of domestic violence has been significantly limited and narrowed down in the final draft; violence committed by a former or a separately-living spouse, for example, does not constitute domestic violence, and the future law therefor will not cover this type of crimes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the previous draft, the wording was broader and included all members of the family, regardless of the fact of cohabitation, which provided more support and protection to victims of domestic violence,\u201d the activists argued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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