Digital Transformation of Accounting of Perpetrators of Domestic Violence: Current Problems and Ways to Solution Them

Abstract

The article emphasizes the development of the digitalization process, which resulted in the creation of a number of registers, in particular the Unified State Register of Cases of Domestic Violence and Gender-Based Violence. In this context, the regulatory and legal basis of its functioning is of scientific interest, since the correctness and thoroughness of operational procedures depend on its quality. Especially considering the fact that since the beginning of the martial law regime in the country, the number of these offenses has only increased. Therefore, the aim of the article was to conduct a critical analysis of the legislative provisions that regulate the work of the Unified State Register of Cases of Domestic Violence and Gender-Based Violence, in order to identify problems and gaps in the legal regulation of the outlined area and formulate proposals for their resolution.

The purpose of creating and forming the Unified State Register of Cases of Domestic Violence and Gender-Based Violence is to protect victims, including children, prevent repeated cases of domestic violence, ensure the implementation of measures provided for by the Law of Ukraine "On Prevention and Counteraction to Domestic Violence" and record all cases of domestic violence, as well as collect and analyze information for scientific and statistical purposes. Despite the fact that the Unified State Register of Cases of Domestic Violence and Gender-Based Violence is not currently functioning, certain provisions of the Procedure for the Formation, Maintenance and Access to the Unified State Register of Cases of Domestic Violence and Gender-Based Violence, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 20.03.2019 No. 234, contradict the general purpose of its creation. Despite the significant efforts of the state to protect victims and ensure proper implementation of measures in the field of preventing and combating domestic violence, in the end, on the one hand, we will have fear of a database that has access to a large number of users, and on the other hand, we will “brand as an abuser” a person who has committed domestic violence for a fairly significant period of his life, thereby not considering alternatives for its correction.