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Russia Decriminalizes Some DV  


Author:  D. Kelly  Weisberg.


Source: Volume 22, Number 04, April/May 2017 , pp.53-55(3)




Domestic Violence Report

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Abstract: 

Russia Parliament (DUMA) enacted amendments to an existing law that downgrades a first offense of domestic violence if it does not cause serious harm that requires hospital treatment. Disturbingly, the new law applies to intimate partner violence as well as child abuse.

Keywords: “slapping law”; first offense; conservatives espousing traditional family values; international human rights obligations; Amnesty International

Affiliations:  1: editor of DVR .

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