PROBLEMATIC ISSUES OF CRIMINAL LAW QUALIFICATION OF ART. 126-1 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE OF UKRAINE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE)

The proposed scientific article is devoted to the analysis of problematic issues of assessing of the composition of the crime of «domestic violence». It was established that the fea-ture “systematicity” in the disposition of Art. 126-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The article analyses the contradictory positions of courts on bringing persons to criminal liability for domestic violence. In particular, attention is drawn to the practice of bringing persons to liability under Art.125 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine due to the lack of "systematic nature". The author emphasises the need to amend the current legislation in order to facilitate the improvement of the national state policy in the field of preventing and combating domestic violence