Contributed by: Kora Dilic, Croatia National VAW Monitor

The Rules of Procedure in Cases of Family Violence are based on Croatian national laws and regulations and on the obligations prescribed by the National Strategy for Protection against Family Violence for the Period from the Year 2005 to the Year 2007, as endorsed by the Government of the Republic of Croatia on 9 December 2004.

The main aim is to ensure conditions for the efficient functioning of Croatian authorities when handling cases of domestic violence, and they include:

• the obligations of competent bodies and other factors involved in identification and elimination of violence and in providing help and protection to the persons exposed to family violence;
• forms, means and areas of cooperation between competent bodies and other factors involved in the identification and elimination of violence and in providing help and protection to persons exposed to family violence;
• other activities and obligations related to the actions of competent bodies and other factors involved in identification and elimination of violence and in providing help and protection to persons exposed to family violence;
• final provisions regulating procedures in accordance with these Rules.

The original document in English can be downloaded from the web site
of the Ministry of Family, War Veterans and Intergenerational
Solidarity of the Republic of Croatia from this link: http://www.mobms.hr/page.aspx?PageID=78