ZAGREB, November 25, 2019 – Amendments to the Criminal Code and harsher penalties show that violence is unacceptable and that it is the duty of all government departments to protect women from any form of violence, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Monday on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
“We are making the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women out of respect to the Mirabal sisters. The amendments to the Criminal Code and harsher penalties are sending a message that violence is unacceptable and that it is the duty of all government departments to protect women from any form of violence,” Plenković said on his Twitter account.
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is marked on November 25 in honour of the Mirabal sisters Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa who were assassinated in the Dominican Republic on 25 November 1960 for clandestine activities against Rafael Trujillo’s regime.
In mid-October the government sent a package of criminal laws to parliament for adoption that deal with domestic violence and recommended increasing prison sentences for domestic violence and sexual harassment.
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