New Factsheet on the Implementation of ECHR Cases Concerning Domestic Violence

Last week, the Council of Europe’s Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has published a new thematic factsheet on cases related to domestic violence. Here is a brief description:

The present factsheet provides examples of general and individual measures reported by States in the context of the execution of 18 different judgments of the European Court of Human Rights related to domestic violence concerning: integrated policies; legal protection, victim support and effective investigations; measures of prevention and awareness-raising; and monitoring and data collection. It summarises measures reported by 12 member states.

This is the thirteenth in a series of thematic factsheets on changes to national law, policy and practice across Europe linked to the implementation of ECHR judgments.

Previous factsheets cover constitutional matters, effective investigations, freedom of religion, the environment, the independence and impartiality of the judicial system, children’s rights, freedom of expression, conditions of detention, LGBTI persons’ rights, freedom of assembly and association, migration and asylum and Roma and Travellers.