ESTABLISHMENT OF MULTI-PROFESSIONAL PREVENTION OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, VICTIM-SAFETY ORIENTED WORK WITH PERPETRATORS AND MEN'S COUNSELLING IN

In accordance with the Article 118 of the Constitution of the Republic of North Macedonia, the text of the Istanbul Convention is part of the state's legal system47 but its ratification has also created an obligation for the competent institutions to revise the existing legal framework and to take action to effectively address the causes and consequences of violence against women. [...] The drafters of the Convention have no intention of detailing the way these programmes are established and functioning, however, the ultimate goal of these programmes must be to prevent the re-execution of violence and to promote successful reintegration of the perpetrators of violence in the community. [...] 74 The lack of understanding of the gender aspect of family violence and the relationship dynamics results in the establishment of a negative trend in initiating procedures for imposing temporary protection measures against the perpetrator of the family (usually the father) and the mother, and in child protection. [...] The actions of the SCW result in encouraging the perpetrator to continue with the violence – they do not prevent future violence; reaffirm the gender role of the mother as solely responsible for the care and upbringing of children and compromise the role of the victim by depriving her of services for protection from violence and of motivation to report cases of violence in the future. [...] RULES ON HOW TO CARRY OUT A RISK ASSESSMENT OF SERIOUS DANGER TO THE LIFE AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL INTEGRITY OF THE VICTIM AND MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY AND THE RISK OF REPEATED VIOLENCE, APPROPRIATE RISK MANAGEMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING OF MEASURES TO PROTECT WOMEN VICTIMS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TAKEN OVER BY THE SOCIAL WORK CENTRE AND THE NECESSARY FORMS.