The article analyses the practice of courts considering cases of bringing persons to administrative
liability for committing domestic violence. As social conditions change, so do the forms of violent acts and
the preconditions for their commission, as well as the practice of courts considering such cases. Domestic
violence is behaviour in which physical and psychological coercion is used to establish and maintain
control over a loved one, with whom the perpetrator is usually connected by common life or family ties.
It is often a cyclical pattern of behaviour that escalates, endangering the life and emotional well-being of
victims. The rights violated by domestic violence include basic fundamental rights protected by
international law, such as the right to life and bodily integrity and freedom from torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment.
The article identifies the penalties most often applied to persons brought to justice, including a fine,
which is considered to be insufficiently effective because it may have an impact on the victim and because
of the small amount of the fine. The problem identified is that the courts do not pay enough attention to
clarifying all the circumstances of the case, and the justification for applying the type of penalty for
domestic violence is insufficient. The problem of recording cases of domestic violence is equally
problematic, as protocols are often drawn up in violation of the requirements of the Code of
Administrative Offences. The problem of recognising children as victims in cases of violence committed
in their presence remains.
It is noted that the establishment of administrative liability for domestic violence is not a
sufficiently effective means of combating domestic violence and preventing its recurrence.
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