Comparative analysis of criminal liability for domestic violence under the legislation of Ukraine and foreign countries
The article deals with comparing the norms of Ukrainian and foreign legislation in the field of responsibility for domestic violence. The author analyzes the international legal acts on combating domestic violence, in particular, the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. The compliance of the norms of the Criminal Code of Ukraine with the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention and Combating Violence against women and domestic violence is considered. The analysis of the criminal legislation of the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Great Britain, the Republic of Poland, Spain, as well as the former Soviet republics - the Republic of Belarus, Moldova, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia has been done. It has been established that in European countries the Criminal Codes stipulate liability for domestic violence, while in the former Soviet republics, with the exception of Georgia, they do not. It is proposed to separate the corpus delicti “Against the Family and Minors” into a separate section, and attribute Art. 126-1 “Domestic violence” in the Criminal Code of Ukraine.