Prevention of Domestic Violence
Family and domestic offenses are among the complex social problems. Despite the kinship between people in the family and everyday life, as practice shows, this sphere of relations is most susceptible to conflicts of various kinds: from minor domestic offenses to crimes against life and health.
In the Republic of Belarus, the prevention of offenses in the family and domestic sphere is based on both methods of persuasion of potential aggressors and methods of their coercion.
Thus, administrative liability is provided for inflicting beatings that did not cause bodily harm, as well as intentionally causing pain, physical or mental suffering to a close relative or family member, under Part 2 of Article 9.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (hereinafter – CAO of the Republic of Belarus).
Only in the past period of 2020, the district prosecutor's office sent 31 instructions to the Beshenkovichi District Department of Internal Affairs for the preparation of a case on an administrative offense under Part 2 of Article 9.1 of the CAO of the Republic of Belarus, and protocols on administrative offenses were drawn up by the district prosecutor against 16 aggressors.
In addition, criminal liability is provided for intentional infliction of minor bodily harm, torture, as well as threats of murder, infliction of grievous bodily harm, as provided for in Articles 153, 154, 186 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
In the past period of 2020, under the specified articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, in order to prevent grave and especially grave crimes against the life and health of citizens, the district prosecutor initiated 5 criminal cases.
During the analysis of the causes and conditions of committed offenses and crimes conducted by the district prosecutor's office, it was established that the main cause of domestic violence was always the personality of the aggressor himself. At the same time, alcohol was an aggravating factor.
For example, in 2018, a resident of the district was brought to criminal responsibility by the Beshenkovichi District Court under Part 1 of Article 154 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for systematically beating a family member. After serving his sentence, this citizen did not draw proper conclusions for himself and in the first half of 2020 committed 3 administrative offenses while intoxicated, which consisted of causing scandals against a family member, as a result of which he caused physical pain, beatings, as well as prolonged pain, in a way that caused special physical and mental suffering.
Under these circumstances, the district prosecutor initiated a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 154 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, which was considered by the Beshenkovichi District Court, and a guilty verdict was rendered against the domestic aggressor.
Deputy Prosecutor
of Beshenkovichi District
Lawyer of the 1st class
V.V. Doylidov
In the Republic of Belarus, the prevention of offenses in the family and domestic sphere is based on both methods of persuasion of potential aggressors and methods of their coercion.
Thus, administrative liability is provided for inflicting beatings that did not cause bodily harm, as well as intentionally causing pain, physical or mental suffering to a close relative or family member, under Part 2 of Article 9.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (hereinafter – CAO of the Republic of Belarus).
Only in the past period of 2020, the district prosecutor's office sent 31 instructions to the Beshenkovichi District Department of Internal Affairs for the preparation of a case on an administrative offense under Part 2 of Article 9.1 of the CAO of the Republic of Belarus, and protocols on administrative offenses were drawn up by the district prosecutor against 16 aggressors.
In addition, criminal liability is provided for intentional infliction of minor bodily harm, torture, as well as threats of murder, infliction of grievous bodily harm, as provided for in Articles 153, 154, 186 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
In the past period of 2020, under the specified articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, in order to prevent grave and especially grave crimes against the life and health of citizens, the district prosecutor initiated 5 criminal cases.
During the analysis of the causes and conditions of committed offenses and crimes conducted by the district prosecutor's office, it was established that the main cause of domestic violence was always the personality of the aggressor himself. At the same time, alcohol was an aggravating factor.
For example, in 2018, a resident of the district was brought to criminal responsibility by the Beshenkovichi District Court under Part 1 of Article 154 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for systematically beating a family member. After serving his sentence, this citizen did not draw proper conclusions for himself and in the first half of 2020 committed 3 administrative offenses while intoxicated, which consisted of causing scandals against a family member, as a result of which he caused physical pain, beatings, as well as prolonged pain, in a way that caused special physical and mental suffering.
Under these circumstances, the district prosecutor initiated a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 154 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, which was considered by the Beshenkovichi District Court, and a guilty verdict was rendered against the domestic aggressor.
Deputy Prosecutor
of Beshenkovichi District
Lawyer of the 1st class
V.V. Doylidov