Gender-based violence is one of the most widespread and serious forms of discrimination against women, with long-term consequences for the female victims and their children, for the family, community and society. Awareness of the seriousness and extent of this phenomenon is already part of the success in the prevention and combating process, but often, victims of gender-based violence do not identify themselves or, for several objective and subjective reasons, do not ask for help. With the development of the spirit of recognition and protection of human rights, the need to regulate, at the universal, regional and national level - talking about each subject of international law separately, the prohibition of discrimination based on gender, and violence constituting a form of discrimination.
