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Family and home have in many societies been considered as a ‘castle’ where the State
should intervene as little as possible. The walls of the castle can hide harmony as well as
murderous violence and maltreatment of women and children whose voices are not heard.
The prevalence of wife beating in European countries vary between 20-25%. About 50%
of all women who are killed each year in Europe die at the hands of their partner who have
previously been violet toward them(VIP Guide, Council of Europe 2000 p. 58). The
highest domestic homicide figure we currently know in Europe is that in 1997 more than
15.00(???) women were killed by current or ex-husbands in Russia(ibid). As most of the
world’s women primarily live in or around their home it is, according to recent
human rights theory, in the long untenable to overlook the human rights violations and
discrimination happening in the private sphere.
A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION AND ANTI-TORTURE IN THE 21st CENTURY
Sponsored by the Institute of Law of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Danish Center For Human Rights ;At Beijing, China From April 19 – 20, 2001
Posted on 2002-11-11
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