LEGAL INSTRUMENTS USED TO COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN ROMANIA
LEGAL INSTRUMENTS USED TO COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: Currently, Romania is facing a quite widespread phenomenon regarding domestic violence, and in this regard all state institutions are making a sustained effort to prevent such violence. In prompt response to such attitudes, the legislation presently undergoes wide modifications and, at the same time, there have been created the legal instruments necessary for minimizing the exploitation phenomenon. In the current context, there has been established in charge of institutions with significant responsibilities in this field, the obligation to harmonize normative acts with the legislation of the European Union. Therefore, the main legal instruments that can be used by authorized institutions to combat the phenomena of domestic violence are the protection orders and, not least, the temporary protection order. Domestic violence is present in less developed countries, but also in economically, socially and politically developed countries, generally on the grounds that the phenomenon is generated not only by poverty, but also by other factors such as alcohol or banned substances consumption, lack of education and family disputes. Nor can we neglect that Romania has adhered to a high number of international treaties and conventions lately, and through these international mechanisms, the signatory states assume the obligation to take all appropriate legislative and administrative measures in order to stop the phenomenon of domestic violence.

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