URGENT AND TEMPORARY MEASURES FOR PROTECTION FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEIR EXPECTED EFFICIENCY IN CONDITIONS OF THE COVID 19 CRISIS

Andrea Zdravkovska PhD Student /Iustinianus Primus Faculty of Law

Abstract: The family union consisted of a man and a woman, relatives, children very often is turned into community which is dominated by domestic abuser. Therefore, he/she usually recalls on the ancient role of pater familias and has his/her victims under subordination. Our society is distinctly patriarchal model which is accepted by families who are often community of members with unequal rights and responsibilities. The actualization of “domestic violence” began with series of activities of the non-governmental sector in 1994 and implementation in the corpus of positive legislation. This research paper examines the legal framework for protection of victims from a civil law perspective provided by the Law on Prevention and Protection from Domestic Violence with application until 5.05.2021 and the introduction of urgent and temporary measures in the Law on Prevention and Protection from Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, which entered into force on 4.02.2021 and has been postponed until 5.05.2021. Likewise, the study of the need to introduce urgent and temporary measures is necessary to reduce, prevent and protect victims of domestic violence. According to the current situation with Covid, the crisis inevitably necessitated an examination of the reasons for the increase in the number of domestic violence caused by the consequences of Covid 19 and the need to strengthen measures for protection and access to justice for victims. Furthermore, that is reason of the adoption of the Law on Prevention and Protection from Violence against Women and Domestic Violence means compliance with international standards.

Keywords: domestic violence, urgent and temporary measures, restrictive measures, prevention of domestic violence, Covid 19