The type of victim changed: who began to succumb to domestic violence during the war
And in 2021, 1343 domestic violence proceedings were opened during this time. At the same time, the number of cases that go to court decreased significantly. If in 2022 and 2023 there were about 83%of them, then this year - only 64%. On June 20, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada ratified the Istanbul Convention, which proposes to establish criminal liability for violence against women and men and to provide punishment to offenders.
And in May 2024, the Parliament passed a law that provides for a ban on closing cases of domestic violence, increasing the terms of liability, as well as the introduction of administrative responsibility for sexual harassment. All these changes have significantly improved the process of pre -trial investigations and proving cases concerning such a sensitive topic as domestic violence. "The National Police employs special police mobile groups against domestic violence.
They can make a temporary prohibitory prescription, make administrative protocols. If situations with domestic violence in a particular family occur systematically - three or more times, then the abuser can be criminally liable. The Office of the Prosecutor General is already connecting, where the special departments of domestic violence work, " - says Alona Krivulak, director of the Department of National" Hot Line ".
According to lawyer Oleg Leontiev, the legislative changes have really shifted processes from a dead point. Therefore, a year ago, the revelation was high - 83% of appeals came to court. "In general, it is difficult to represent the victims of the victims in Ukraine with the full inaction The violence of "Polina". However, in the conditions of a full -scale invasion, the courts are overloaded with cases related to mobilization, with the number of judges significantly reduced.
One court can account for as many materials as two or three instances. And this strongly affects the processes of consideration of cases, in particular against domestic violence. During the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation, the number of appeals from all kinds of domestic violence increased in Ukraine. "We observe the appeals that come to the hotline in a full -scale war that the situation has intensified. The level of aggression is high, which is not surprising.
People are experiencing difficult situations, emotions accumulate. Unfortunately, most Ukrainians and Ukrainian women are unable to live environmentally. Therefore, we get standard behaviors - come home and cover the baby for not doing homework, or after work to be covered with a wife or hit her for not looking so, "says focus Krivulak. Such cases were sufficient in Ukraine before the beginning of the Great War.
But now the dynamics have changed - those who have previously been held only administrative responsibility are now approaching criminal terms. "If you compare families where before a full -scale invasion of domestic violence, the situation has worsened, and cases have become more cruel. The same applies to families where there were no such cases before the war or it was about psychological violence. In the face of the Great War, we began to record serious offenses, "Krivulak continues.
The expert adds that during a full -scale invasion, the number of appeals in percentage has not changed too much - 75% are called by women, 25% - men. However, the number of elderly people has increased - in particular, men who declare domestic violence. "We have noticed that men began to turn more often. But it is a separate category - most often they are the elderly who suffer from economic and physical violence by adult children and grandchildren," the expert notes.