Indicator 10: Annual number of protection orders applied and granted in cases of intimate partner violence against women, by type of court

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Indicator 10

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10. Indicator 10: Annual number of

protection orders applied and granted in

cases of intimate partner violence against

women, by type of court

(65) https://eige.europa.eu/publications/recommendations-eu-improve-data-collection-intimate-partner-violence

(66) https://eige.europa.eu/publications/glossary-definitions-rape-femicide-and-intimate-partner-violence

10.1. Statistical unit

The statistical unit for indicator 10 is the number

of protection orders. Protective orders in the

context of violence against women are dened

as a legal injunction that requires an oender

to refrain from doing certain acts and to stay

away from the victim’ (65). Protection orders c an

be adopted under criminal or civil laws. A pro-

tection order represents a fast legal remedy to

protect the persons at risk of any form of vio-

lence by prohibiting, restraining or proscribing

certain behaviour by the perpetrator.

Indicator 10 further disaggregates protection

orders by the number of applications and the

number granted. It also distinguishes between

the type of court where the application was

made and granted (i.e. criminal courts and civil/

family courts).

10.2. Type of oence

The oence covered by indicator 10 is intimate

partner violence, dened as any act of physical,

sexual, ps ychological or economic violence that

occurs between former or current spouses or

partners, whether or not the perpetrator shares

or has shared the same residence with the vic-

tim’ (66).

10.3. Reference area

Data and metadata for indicator 10 were collec-

ted at national level for 27 EU Member States

and the three devolved jurisdictions which are

the lawful authorities in the policy area of law

and order in the United Kingdom (England and

Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland).

Comparable data are available for:

• Spain.

Non-comparable data are available for:

• Bulgaria

• Estonia

• Ireland

• France

• Croatia

• Italy

• Lithuania

• Romania

• Slovenia

• Finland

• United Kingdom-England and Wales

• United Kingdom-Northern Ireland

• United Kingdom-Scotland.

No data are available for:

• Belgium

• Czechia

• Denmark

• Germany

• Greece

• Cyprus

• Latvia

• Luxembourg

• Hungary

• Malta