NASILJE NAD ŽENAMA: DRUŠTVENI NEDOSTATAK HUMANOSTI ILI MANIFESTACIJA OPORTUNISTIČKOGA ZAKONODAVSTVA
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: SOCIAL LACK OF HUMANITY OR MANIFESTATION OF OPPORTUNIST LEGISLATION

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the prevalence of violence against women and the variety of forms of violence that put women in a humiliating position in societies where violence is justified by tradition, culture and custom in addition manifestations of opportunistic legislation. International and domestic documents, available scientific and professional literature on the protection of women from violence were analyzed and presented using the descriptive method, and statistical data on women who suffer, have suffered or died as victims of violence in different parts of the world and in Bosnia and Herzegovina were collected. The research results show that women around the world are exposed to various forms of violence despite criminal legislation equipped with legal tools and societies that proclaim the protection of women’s rights. In the conclusion, the need for quick, clear and decisive actions of the criminal legislation towards the perpetrators of violence against women is emphasized, as well as the necessity of changing attitudes and raising the awareness of society about the need to suppress violence against women, in order are to build a safe society for women.

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