Physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence between current or former spouses as well as current or former partners. It constitutes a form of violence which affects women disproportionately and which is therefore distinctly gendered.
Statistical definition
Any act of physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence that occurs between former or current spouses or partners, whether or not the perpetrator shares or has shared the same residence with the victim.
… In France, "domestic violence" is violence between those engaged within a couple, married or … against the couple’s children, or between a former spouse, partner or civil union partner. …
… In Greece, "domestic violence" is the commission of one of the following offences … Criminal Code): Domestic physical injury Domestic illegal violence and threat Rape and abuse in lewdness (lechery) …
… In Italy, “violence in family or against children” includes all forms of violence perpetrated against a member of his/her own family or the partner. …
… In Lithuania, the term "domestic violence" is used. Domestic environment shall mean the … persons having a common domicile and a common household. Violence shall mean an intentional physical, mental, sexual, …
… ongoing, unchanging relationship of dependency. Domestic Violence: Article 2 paragraph 2 of the Counteracting Violence Against Women Act (2010): “one-time or prevalent … in suffering and moral injuries to people exposed to violence” Article 2 paragraph 1: family member- should be …