Domestic violence against children

From July 1, 2007, victims of violence will be better protected. The Federal Council put the new provisions in the Civil Code into force on this date. The principle “He who hits goes goes” now applies. This will allow courts to protect...

Observer No. 6/2007: Whoever hits goes!

In issue 6/2007, two authors wrote an article on the subject of domestic violence in the Observer under the above title. The VeV comments on this as follows: This article is an absolutely one-sided presentation of a social problem...

The truth about partner violence

L'Express from June 20, 2005 by Elisabeth BadinterIn the studies and treatises on partner violence, the division of roles sounds like a given: men are perpetrators and women are victims. A reasonable assumption that...