CONCEPT OF FEMICIDE AND IMPORTANCE OF ITS LEGAL REGULATION

Abstract

Violence against women is a phenomenon we encounter on a daily basis and which is present in all areas and all cultures and social systems, through time. The most severe form of violence against women is femicide, as a gender-based murder of a woman by a man who thinks he has a right to take her life. Femicide is therefore a crime that discriminates. Since this phenomenon is still rarely object of scientific research, the author of this article wants to give contribution to the further study and recognition of femicide as an urgent social problem, his understanding and adequate response through the legal systems of the countries.

The author puts focus of discussion in this paper, on the issue of femicide, starting with the analisys of the phenomenon of violence against women, meaning of this notion, its forms, and the International, European and national legal framework. While in conclusion, author explicates confirmation of hypotheses that there is an inadequate legal framework for the prevention of femicide, as a serious social problem in international, European and national legal framework, both directly through the criminalization and punishment of the perpetrator of this crime, as well as taking other measures aimed at prevention and protection of women against this form of violence.