Comparison of Croatian legislation and it's compliance with provisions of the Convention of the Council of Europe on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence

U ovom diplomskom radu obrađuje se tema usporedbe hrvatskog zakonodavstva i Konvencije Vijeća Europe o sprečavanju i borbi protiv nasilja nad ženama i nasilja u obitelji (Istanbulska konvencija). Kako bi se razlike što bolje uočile, dan je prikaz odredaba Istanbulske konvencije zajedno s relevantnim definicijama važnih pojmova koji se koriste u Istanbulskoj konvenciji. Nadalje, navode se važni međunarodni dokumenti koji se odnose na Republiku Hrvatsku, a potom i domaći akti, koji su relevantni za obiteljsko nasilje te nasilje nad ženama. Slijedi usporedba hrvatskog zakonodavstva i Istanbulske Konvencije te se opisuju prednosti koje bi Republika Hrvatska mogla imati od njene ratifikacije. Jednako tako, prikazani su i izazovi ratifikacije Istanbulske konvencije te shodno tome i dokumenti doneseni od strane Vijeća Europe te Vlade Republike Hrvatske koji se odnose na pravilno tumačenje odredaba Konvencije. Ovim radom se želi ukazati na važnost Istanbulske konvencije te potrebu provođenja njenih odredaba radi velikog broja kaznenih djela nasilja u obitelji ali i radi postojanja stereotipa i rodnih uloga u hrvatskom društvu koje negativno djeluju na položaj žena. Spomenuta je i disfunkcionalnost u radu institucija i cjelokupnog sustava kod pružanja adekvatne i pravodobne zaštite ženama žrtvama nasilja.In this master thesis the topic of comparison between Croatian legislation and Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) is elaborated. In order of better understanding the differences, the review of the provisions of Istanbul Convention is given, along with the relevant definitions of fundamental terms used in the Istanbul Convention. Furthermore, important international documents referring to the Republic of Croatia and national acts in the field of domestic violence and violence against women are shown. Follows comparison of Croatian legislation and Istanbul Convention and potential advantages of ratification Croatia could benefit from. Also, challenges of the ratification of Istanbul Convention, together with documents published by the Council of Europe and Government of the Republic of Croatia that refer to proper interpretation of the provisions of Istanbul Convention, are presented. The aim of this master thesis is to indicate the importance of the Istanbul Convention and the necessity of enforcing it's provisions due to large number of domestic violence offences and also due to present stereotypes and gender roles in Croatian society that reflect negatively on the position of women. The issues of dysfunctionality in the work of institutions and the whole system of providing adequate protection of women victims of violence are also elaborated