New Standards in the Application of the Law on Protection Against Violence in the Family in the Republic of Srpska
Summary: Criminal protection against domestic violence in the Republika Srpska was established by the enactment of the Criminal Code in 2000, when domestic violence was, for the fi rst time, legally defi ned as socially unacceptable behavior with a criminal sanction. A few years later, in 2005 to be precise, the fi rst Law on Protection from Domestic Violence was adopted, the provisions of which took the basic form of the criminal off ense of domestic or family violence from the Criminal Code and defi ned it as a misdemeanor. In order to prosecute perpetrators of violence faster and more effi ciently, as well as faster and better protection of victims of domestic violence, a new Law on Protection from Domestic Violence was passed in 2012, which is also the most important legal regulation in this area in Republika Srpska. The said law underwent several amendments, and as such was in force until May 1 of the current year, when the Law on Amendments to the Law on Protection from Domes tic Violence, which was adopted by the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska on The sixth regular session held in September 2019, which prescribes new legal solutions, which will be discussed in the continuation of the paper.
Key words: domestic violence, victims of violence, violence against women, legal procedures for protection against domestic violence.
Rezime: Krivičnopravna zaštita od nasilja u porodici u Republici Srpskoj uspostavljena je donošenjem Krivičnog zakonika iz 2000. godine, kada je nasilje u porodici, po prvi put, zakonski defi nisano kao društveno neprihvatljivo ponašanje sa predviđenom krivičnopravnom sankcijom. Nekoliko godina kasnije, tačnije 2005. godine, usvojen je prvi Zakon o zaštitiod nasilja u porodici čijim su odredbama radnje osnovnog oblika krivičnog djela nasilje u porodici ili porodičnoj zajednici preuzete iz Krivičnog zakona i defi nisane kao prekršaj. U namjeri bržeg i efi kasnijeg procesuiranja učinioca nasilja, kao i brže i kvalitetnije zaštite žrtava nasilja u porodici, 2012. godine donesen je novi Zakon o zaštitiod nasilja u porodici, koji je ujedno i najvažniji zakonski propis u ovoj oblastiu Republici Srpskoj. Navedeni zakon pretrpio je nekoliko izmjena i dopuna, i kao takav je bio u primjeni sve do 1. maja tekuće godine, kada je na snagu stupio Zakon o izmjenama i dopunama Zakona o zaš titiod nasilja u porodic, kojeg je Narodna skupština Republike Srpske usvojila na Šestoj redovnoj sjednici održanoj u septembru 2019. godine, a kojim su propisana nova zakonska rješenja o kojima će bitiriječi u nastavku referata.
Ključne reči: nasilje u porodici, žrtve nasilje, nasilje nad ženama, pravni postupci zaštite od nasilja u porodici.