The focus of the directive is to criminalise GBV. While this gives a strong signal that GBV is unacceptable in the European Union, it is an insufficient tool to combat violence and to protect victims, as the title of the draft directive promises. Criminalisation is not a solution that actually works, and it is not cost-efficient (see attachment). What does work and what is cost-efficient is prevention, i.e.
Garance ASBL
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Garance ASBL filed 3 positions between 10 Jan 2022 and 30 May 2022, across 3 of the 583 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
What they argued
Tackling and preventing violence against women and their children must be a key strategic priority now and in the future, if the EU aims to improve the situation of crime victims, particularly in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Garance asbl welcomes the initiatives of the European Commission to address harmful practices against women and girls. Firstly, harmful practices are a form of gender-based violence, and gender-based violence is a harmful practices. Therefore, the two current initiatives on these issues should be developed together or even merged in order to avoid any gaps in the provision of rights and services in the EU.
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