Institutional sexism: An obstacle to an effective protection against domestic violence
The subject of this paper is an analysis of the social treatment of victims of domestic violence and their institutional treatment in the context of gender stereotypes, prejudices and discriminatory attitudes, which are deeply rooted and widely spread among professionals involved in the pre...
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| Language: | English |
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Victimology Society of Serbia and University of Belgrade, Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Temida |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-6637/2015/1450-66371501031P.pdf |
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| Summary: | The subject of this paper is an analysis of the social treatment of victims
of domestic violence and their institutional treatment in the context of
gender stereotypes, prejudices and discriminatory attitudes, which are deeply
rooted and widely spread among professionals involved in the prevention and
prosecution of domestic violence. The aim of the paper is to point out how,
and in what way institutional sexism becomes a barrier to effective
prevention, prosecution and sanctioning of domestic violence and the cause of
discrimination of victims of this form of violence in the exercise of the
right to legal protection. In this context, the current situation in Serbia
has been observed in light of the international standard of “due diligence”,
which is normatively operationalized in Istanbul Convention (2011). From the
perspective of this standard, the authors discuss the standpoints of the
CEDAW Committee as well as the latest opinion of the European Court of Human
Rights in the verdict of the case Eremia and others v. Moldova (2013), which
was the first time that the Court held that institutional sexism was the main
reason for the state authorities’ failure to provide adequate legal
protection against domestic violence. The authors underscore that the state
action on the recognition, demystification and eradication of the deeply
rooted institutional sexism is one of the key prerequisites for an effective
prevention of domestic violence in compliance with the international “due
diligence” standard. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br.
179046: Zaštita ljudskih i manjinskih prava u evropskom pravnom prostoru] |
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| ISSN: | 1450-6637 2406-0941 |