The Ministry of Internal Affairs is working on the development of terminology for legislative acts in the field of combating gender-based violence
Today, April 25, a meeting of the working group of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was held, which is working on the settlement of terminology for regulatory acts in the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, as well as in the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention and Countering Domestic Violence”.
Representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Police, the Ministry of Social Policy, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights are involved in the work. Also experts of the Consultative Mission of the EU, OSCE, UN Women, NGO “La Strada-Ukraine”, Ukrainian Association of Law Enforcement Workers.
“The development of a uniform agreed terminology in the field of combating gender-based violence is urgent for the implementation of effective mechanisms in the work of law enforcement agencies. It is important for us to introduce the concepts of “gender”, “gender-based violence” and “gender discrimination” into legislation. At the same time, it is important to distinguish between the concepts of “gender” and “gender”, otherwise it is a substitution of concepts,” said Assistant Head of the National Police Andriy Tkachev.
The participants of the working group discussed the proposals submitted by all representatives and agreed on certain definitions and concepts that will be included in the legal acts in the Criminal and Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine, as well as in the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention and Countering Domestic Violence Relating to Gender Violence”.
Department of Communications of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
