Domestic violence
What can I do as a victim?
You may seek support from your friends, family and relatives, neighbours, co-workers, acquaintances or others. Tell them what happened or is happening to you and ask them for help and assistance in procedures before relevant bodies.
Special right: state compensation for victims of violent crime
The state grants a special right to compensation to victims of violent intentional crime and their families. Compensation is subject to a special procedure.
Frequently asked questions
This page provides answers to questions frequently asked by victims of domestic violence and by persons assisting them.
Police escort for a victim of domestic violence
Sometimes victims, alone or together with their children, flee their homes and find shelter with their relatives, friends or at safe houses. In such circumstances they often cannot take their personal belongings with them.
Police restraining order
If it is an emergency, the police impose, at their own discretion, a restraining order to protect the victim and prevent further violence. A local social work centre will be notified of such a measure. If the perpetrator is instructed to stay away from the educational institution attended by a child or minor victim, the police will notify that institution of the duration of the order and provide it with information on the child's or minor's protection.
Reporting domestic violence
Domestic violence can be reported by anyone - a victim, a child, a minor, an NGO, a private entity or a state agency. It should be reported by pre-schools, schools and healthcare agencies (doctors, therapists, psychiatrists, etc.), whereas persons acting in an official capacity must report it ex officio. A report may be filed at any time, not only when a victim decides to initiate a divorce.
Domestic violence and neglect of a child are criminal offences
The family-related criminal offences that are subject to prosecution by the police are the following:
What the police will do after domestic violence has been reported
Following receipt of a domestic violence report, the police carry out a number of tasks on a case-by-case basis.