Administrative data sources on GBV in
Administrative data sources
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Administrative data sourceRomaniaViolence, Justice
Statistical products
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Statistical productRomaniaViolence
Raport de activitate 2009
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Statistical productRomaniaViolence
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Statistical productRomaniaViolence
Raport asupra activitatii retelei de medicina legala in anul 2012
Legal Definitions
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RomaniaViolence, JusticeIntimate Partner Violence
Any deliberate action or inaction, with the exception of self-defence, that is either physical or verbal, perpetrated by a family member against another member of the same family that causes a harm, a physical, psychological or sexual or emotional suffering or a material prejudice, including threat of such acts, constraint or temporary deprivation of freedom.
ObservationsFamily violence takes the following forms:
- Verbal violence: the use of offensive language, brutal language, insults, threats, humiliating or degrading expressions.
- Psychological violence: imposing the will or personal control over a family member. Provoking tension and psychological suffering. demonstrative violence against objects, pets, verbal threats, display of guns, neglects, acts of jealousy, constraints of all kinds as well as actions of similar effect.
- Physical violence: assault or battery through pushing, blows, hair pulling, slapping, slashing, burning, choking, biting in any intensity
- Sexual violence: sexual assault, harassment, intimidation, manipulation, brutality in pursuing coerced sexual intercourse, marital rapeeconomic violence – forbidding professional activity, depriving a family member of economic means, including deprivation of basic needs such as food, medicine, intention of theft of personal goods, deprivation of use of common goods, forced work, refuse to contribute to family expenses, imposing hard or dangerous labour on family members including minors
- Social violence: imposing an isolating environment from family, community or friends. Forbidding to attend school, restraining movement. intentional deprivation of information and all similar actsspiritual violence- sub estimating or diminishing the importance of satisfying moral and spiritual necessities through the interdiction, limit, ridicule or penalizing such aspirations by family members, denying access to cultural, ethnical, linguistic or religious values, imposing religion and spiritual practices on family members as well as similar acts
Legal Source:Law 25/2012, modifying law 217/2003 regarding prevention and combating of family violence, Article 2
Legal provisions on protection orders:Protection Order (Law 25/2012, Article 26): a person whose life, physical or psychological integrity or freedom is in endangered by the violent acts of family member can ask the court to issue a protection order in order to eliminate the state of danger.
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RomaniaViolence, JusticeRape
The sexual act, of any kind, with a person of the opposite sex or of the same sex by forcing that person or by taking advantage of his or her impossibility to defend herself/himself or to express his/her will
ObservationsIf rape is perpetrated against a family member it constitutes an aggravating circumstance eliciting a higher sentence (see Criminal Code, Article 218).
Legal Source:Criminal Code, Art 217 (1)
Legal provisions on protection orders:No legal provision
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RomaniaViolence, JusticeSexual Assault (excl. rape)
The act of sexual nature other than rape with a person, perpetrated with constraint, or rendering it impossible for the person to defend or to express consent or taking advantage of an incapacitated state of a person.
Legal Source:Criminal Code, Article 219
Legal provisions on protection orders:No legal provision
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RomaniaViolence, JusticeSexual Harassment
3 different laws provide a legal definition for sexual harassment.
- Sexual harassment at work is a form of discrimination(Law 324/2006 Anti-discrimination law, Article 2(5))
- Sexual harassment at work is any behaviour in relation to gender about which the person who is responsible knows that is affecting the dignity of persons, if such a behaviour is rejected and represents a motivation for a decision affecting those persons (Law 340/2006 for the amendment and approval of Law 202/2002 regarding equality of opportunity between women and men).
- Harassing a person through threats or constraints in order to obtain sexual satisfaction by a person who abuses his/her authority or his/her influence given by his position in the workplace is an act of sexual harassment punishable by prison from 3 months to 2 years or fine (Criminal Code,Article 203) - in the new Criminal Code to be introduced Sexual Harassment will defined under Article 223
Legal Source:Law 324/2006 Anti-discrimination law, Article 2(5); Law 340/2006 for the amendment and approval of Law 202/2002 regarding equality of opportunity between women and men, Article 7; Criminal Code, Article 203
Legal provisions on protection orders:No legal provision
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RomaniaViolence, JusticeStalkingObservations
No specific law on stalking or a specific criminal offence defining stalking. The concept is not recognised in Romanian legislation.
Legal provisions on protection orders:No legal provision
Literature and legislation
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RomaniaHealth, Violence
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RomaniaHealth, Violence
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RomaniaHealth, Violence
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