Medvedska V. Legal principles of protection of women from domestic violence

The dissertation is devoted to a comprehensive study of the legal framework for the protection of women from domestic violence from the standpoint of Ukraine's European integration intentions and the commitments it has made regarding the implementation of the Istanbul Convention. The dissertation examines the theoretical and methodological basis of the study of the principles of protection of women from domestic violence. Based on the analysis of the types of domestic violence (physical, psychological, economic, sexual), separate forms of violent behavior that can be applied by the offender to women are identified: social isolation; intimidation; exhaustion; emotional abuse; economic abuses; blackmail; abuse of the husband's «rights», and they were given their own author's wording. At the same time, the list of such forms is inexhaustible. The author's own classification of theories of the causes of violence in the family into three groups was proposed: historical, theological, modern. The following author's definitions were formulated: «system of protection of women's rights and legitimate interests from domestic violence», «a non-judicial mechanism for protecting women's rights from domestic violence». The dissertation examines the introduction of a number of online platforms in Ukraine that allow reporting of domestic violence to the police, and notes their positive impact on prompt reporting of domestic violence to the police. The dissertation examines the concept of «systematicity» as an essential sign of committing domestic violence In the work, a comparative analysis of foreign experience in the field of protection of women's rights against domestic violence.