National Study on Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (DGBV) and Elaboration of a Victims Support Model (VSM), Legal, Institutional and Policy Analysis:
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Main Authors: Bjørnsen, Gunn (Author), Nesheva, Elmira (Author), Ilcheva, Miriana (Author)
Other Authors: Nonchev, Andrey (Editor), Ivanova, Slavyanka (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Sofia [Bulgaria] Centăr za izsledvane na demokracijata 2015
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Online Access:BSB01
Item Description:Although throughout the last decade the Bulgarian authorities have adopted a number of acts and subsidiary legislation, as well as improved the existing ones, related to domestic and gender-based violence (DGBV), the country still has a long way to go to bring its legislation and practices in full compliance with EU and Council of Europe standards. The present analysis will attempt to show that Bulgaria has a fairly comprehensive legal framework for counteracting violence, affecting disproportionately women and girls. It includes, inter alia, the Law on Protection against Domestic Violence and the Regulation for its implementation, stipulating a civil law procedure for protecting those harmed; relevant provisions in the Criminal Code, criminalising bodily injury and other forms of violence against the person, plus a provision on punishing non-compliance with a domestic violence protection order; a body of legislation for protection and (financial) assistance of victims of crime, including a dedicated law, relevant provisions in the Criminal Procedure Code. In addition, a number of policy documents guide the work of institutions in co-ordinating their efforts to combat violence and protect groups of persons harmed, especially those with multiple vulnerabilities, such as Roma women and girls
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