Домашнє насильство та насильство з боку партнера

This Law defines the right to free legal aid. Free legal aid is legal aid guaranteed by the state and fully or partially provided at the expense of the State Budget of Ukraine, local budgets, and other sources. Legal aid is the provision of legal services to ensure, protect, and provide redress for violations of human and civil rights and freedoms. Ukraine provides primary legal aid to all people and secondary legal aid to underserved groups.

The Law "On Combating Trafficking in Human Beings" defines the organizational and legal framework for combating trafficking, guaranteeing gender equality, the main directions of state policy and principles of international cooperation in this area, the powers of executive authorities, the procedure for establishing the status of persons affected by human trafficking, and the procedure for assisting such persons.

According to Article 284(1)(7) of The Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine, a court cannot drop a case related to domestic violence if the victim waives the charge. The purpose of this rule is to prevent perpetrators from forcing or pressuring the victim into dropping the charge.

A “reconciliation agreement” is designed to save all participants time and stress. Courts can often take years to finalize a matter, but a reconciliation agreement allows for a single hearing to complete the case, including a sentence for the perpetrator and compensation for the victim. In criminal proceedings related to domestic violence, an offender often has personal influence on the victim (e.g., cohabitation or family relations). Therefore, there are special rules for concluding a reconciliation agreement.

Domestic violence is a specific crime committed in the family or within the place of residence or between relatives, between former or current spouses, or between other persons who lived together as a family but were not related or married to each other, regardless of whether the perpetrator of domestic violence lived in the same place as the victim, as well as threats of such acts (also see the

Secondary legal aid centers (“centers”) were established to ensure access to free legal aid, which is guaranteed by the state and fully or partially provided at the expense of the State Budget of Ukraine, local budgets, and other sources.

Pursuant to the Association Agreement between Ukraine, and the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, (“the Association Agreement”), the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (“CMU”) approved the Action Plan for the implementation of the Agreement (“the Plan”). The Plan provides for amendments to regulatory legal acts and the development of new legislation to fulfill obligations under the Association Agreement.

The Cabinet of Ministers established the Interagency Council on Family, Gender Equality, Demographic Development, Prevention, and Counteraction to Domestic Violence and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (“the Council”). The Council is a temporary advisory body. The first main tasks of the Council are to promote the implementation of effective state policy on family, gender equality, prevention, and combating domestic violence.

The Strategy aimed to improve government policies promoting human and civil rights and freedoms. The Strategy aims to unite society in protecting the values of human rights and freedoms based on equality and non-discrimination.