Proving Domestic Violence as Gender Structural Discrimination before the European Court of Human Rights

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ID21593435
AuthorsKatarzyna Sękowska-Kozłowska (0000-0003-0622-9626, Instytut Nauk Prawnych, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume37
Issue6
Pages1725-1737
Publication date2024-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0952-8059 • E-ISSN: 1572-8722
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11196-024-10148-w
OpenAlexW4394881486
LanguageEN
References cited6

Since Opuz v. Turkey (2009), the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) delivered over a dozen judgments in which it examined domestic violence through the prism of gender-based discrimination. Apart from the individual circumstances of the cases, the Court considered the general approach to domestic violence in the defendant states, searching for a large-scale structural gender bias. Hence, although the Court has not directly referred to the notion of “structural discrimination” in relation to domestic violence, it engaged in unveiling this problem within the state parties. Building on the case law of the Court, the article presents and systemizes information that may prove structural gender discrimination in domestic violence cases. It navigates potential applicants through the Court’s interpretation and indicates arguments and sources that may support their claims. In particular, it discusses what kind of data and information may demonstrate the general, discriminatory attitude of the authorities towards domestic violence and what sources the applicants may use while seeking the evidence

Criminology · Domestic violence · Human rights · Poison control · Political science · Prism · Sociology · Discrimination and Equality Law · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Human Rights and Development · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law · Law · Psychology

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