Law criminalizing psychological abuse in relationships comes into effect in Ireland.
Psychological and emotional abuse in intimate relationships is now considered a crime in Ireland; the Domestic Violence Act of 2018 came into force on Tuesday (3) and provides protection for victims of "coercive control", a type of emotional and psychological abuse that aims to strip the person of their self-esteem and capacity for action; research by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, from 2014, on violence against women shows that almost a third of Irish women (31%) say they have suffered psychological abuse from a partner.
247 - Psychological and emotional abuse in intimate relationships is now considered a crime in Ireland. The Domestic Violence Act 2018 came into force on Tuesday (3) and provides protection for victims of "coercive control", a type of emotional and psychological abuse that aims to strip the person of their self-esteem and capacity for action. information It's from G1.
A 2014 study by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights on violence against women shows that almost a third of Irish women (31%) say they have suffered psychological abuse from a partner.
Another 23% of respondents said they had experienced controlling behavior, 24% said they had suffered abusive behavior, and 12% said they had experienced stalking (including online surveillance).
Ireland's Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, said in a statement that the new law "recognizes that the effect of non-violent control in an intimate relationship can be just as damaging to victims as physical abuse because it is an abuse of the trust" associated with an intimate relationship.