Ukraine

In this case, the defendant deliberately struck his wife several times on the head and torso, causing minor injuries and a short-term health disorder.  The court of first instance closed the case due to the victim's withdrawal of charges (pursuant to

In this case, the defendant grabbed his wife by the hands and pushed her in the chest, after which he punched her once in the face. The victim suffered “light bodily injuries, which caused a short-term health disorder” in violation of Part 2 of Art. 125 of the Criminal Code.

Note: The reasoning and holding in this case are inconsistent with two other Supreme Court judgments on the same issue in the same year (cases No.

The Criminal and Criminal Procedural Codes of Ukraine were amended in December 2017 to adopt provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention).

The Criminal and Criminal Procedural Codes of Ukraine were amended in December 2017 to adopt provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention). As a result of these amendments, new dangerous acts were criminalized. For example, Article 151-2 supplemented the special part of the Criminal Code of Ukraine by providing criminal liability for forced marriage.

The Equal Opportunities Act of Ukraine (the “Act”) provides the legal framework for men and women’s parity in all spheres of social life through providing legal support for equal rights and opportunities, removal of gender-based discrimination, and prevention of imbalance between women’s and men’s opportunities in implementing the rights granted to each of them by the Constitution and other laws.

This legislation introduces the concept of “domestic violence,” which is defined as act (or omission) of physical, sexual, psychological, or economic violence (intentional deprivation of housing, food, clothing, other property, funds or documents or the ability to use them; leaving without care; hampering the receipt of necessary treatment or rehabilitation services; prohibition of, or compulsion to, work; prohibition of studies; and other offenses of an economic nature) committed within a family or between relatives, or between spouses or ex-spouses, former or current spouses, or other per

The law's purpose is to ensure equal opportunities for the realization of human and civil rights and freedoms. The law defines “discrimination” as a situation in which an individual or a group of individuals suffers from the restriction of the recognition, exercise, or enjoyment of rights and freedoms in any form established in this Law based on sex or on other grounds (“particular grounds”), except for cases when such restriction has a legitimate, reasonably justified aim, which is achievable in an appropriate and necessary way.

This act regulates the procedure of creation and operation of political parties. It requires a 30% gender quota for all party lists. (i.e., the minimum percentage of men and women in the list). It also entitled political parties to ideological, organizational, and material support for the creation of women's and other associations of citizens. If a political party violates citizens' equality based on their gender or other grounds, the authorized central body of the executive power should immediately file an administrative lawsuit requesting that the court ban the political party.

The applicant was registered as a boy at birth in Ukraine, with a male name. Throughout the decision, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) referred to the applicant with male pronouns with which the applicant does not identify. This summary will use female pronouns in line with the applicant’s identity. According to the applicant, she never identified with the assigned male gender.