The ECHR demanded that Russia protect the victims of domestic violence

The European Court of Human Rights demanded that Russia legally protect the victims of domestic violence. This was written by human rights activist Pavel Chikov with reference to the court ruling on complaints of four Russians who suffered from domestic violence.

The resolution of the ECHR states that for many years the conditions for real gender equality have not been created in Russia, which allow women not to be afraid of cruelty or encroachments on their physical and psychological inviolability.

The document clarifies that the Russian authorities should take measures to eliminate the discriminatory problem - the lack of protection of women from domestic violence.

"Russia must, without further delay, make amendments to national legislation in order to bring it into line with the Convention and International Standards," the decree said.

Whose stories became the basis for the solution of the ECHR

The resolution of the ECHR was based on complaints of four Russians who suffered from domestic violence - Margarita Gracheva, Natalia Tunikova, Elena Gershman and Irina Petrakova.

In 2017, Margarita Grachev took a jealous husband into the forest and struck his hands with an ax. Doctors were able to restore one brush, and instead of the second they put a prosthesis. The court ordered Russia to pay Gracheva 330,660 euros as compensation for past and future costs for medical services, as well as for the expenses and loss of income, and another 40,000 euros as compensation for non -pecuniary damage.

The Russian court found Natalia Tunikov guilty of attacking the partner who beat her. Elena Gershman could not get the law enforcement agencies against her husband, who beat her from law enforcement agencies. Irina Petrakova’s husband was first convicted of beatings, but then the punishment was canceled.

Tunikova, Gershman and Petrakova Russia must pay 20 thousand euros. The Russian authorities are obliged to compensate each plaintiff with legal costs in the amount of 5 thousand euros.

What about domestic violence in Russia

In Russia, from 2011 to 2019, 65.8% of women became victims of domestic violence, they calculated in the consortium of female non -governmental organizations based on the study of court sentences.

Based on the published sentences from 18547 women 12209 died at the hands of husbands or partners. Among the women killed as a result of domestic violence, 81% died at the hands of a partner, the remaining 19% were at the hands of other relatives.

What about the law on domestic violence

The law on the prevention of domestic violence in Russia has not been adopted. It was first introduced to the State Duma in 2016, but then it did not pass the first reading, since experts considered that certain provisions of the bill contradict the Family Code and the Constitution, while others duplicate existing legislation.

After the beatings in the family were withdrawn from the Criminal Code, there was a need for a new bill on the prevention of domestic violence. The latest version appeared in 2019 and was posted on the website of the Federation Council. Initially, it was planned to enter a document to the State Duma until the end of January 2020, but this did not happen. Some public organizations sharply opposed the bill. The Russian Orthodox Church also urged not to adopt a bill that has a "obvious anti -bank orientation."

The authorities promise to adopt the law by the end of 2021 or the beginning of 2022.

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