The protection of victims of gender violence in the Europe Union. Special reference to the mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters ; La protección de las víctimas de violencia de género en la Unión Europea. Especial referencia al reconocimiento mutuo de medidas de protección en ma...
Gender violence figures are overwhelming. From this reality, the European Union has not remained impassive and, although it does not have specific legal basis to act in the gender violence area, this has not been an obstacle to fight against this scourge that crosses borders, since it is a necessary element to promote the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. From that spirit, different regulatory instruments have been adopted during these recent years to ensure that victims can freely move through the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, as well as to protect them. Directive 2011/99/EU, on the European Protection Order and Regulation 606/2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters are proof of this. Both instruments, on the basis of mutual recognition principle, guarantee the recognition and enforcement throughout the territory of the Union of protection measures for victims issued by a Member state. Directive and Regulation rule the same measures and have practicallythe same objectives, but based on different recognition mechanisms. In this paper we examinate the protection system created and focus our analysis on Regulation 606/2013, instrument of judicial cooperation in civil matters that was basically conceived as a complement to the European Protection Order regulated by Directive 2011/99/EU. ; Las cifras de violencia de género son sobrecogedoras. Ante esta realidad, la Unión Europea no ha permanecido impasible y, aunque no cuenta con una base legal específica para actuar en el área de la violencia de género, ello no ha sido un obstáculo para luchar contra esta lacra, en tanto que elemento necesario para promover un espacio de Libertad, Seguridad y Justicia. Con ese espíritu, en los últimos años se han adoptado instrumentos normativos para garantizar que las víctimas se puedan mover libremente en el Espacio de Libertad, Seguridad y Justicia, y a hacerlo protegidas. La Directiva 2011/99/EU, sobre la Orden Europea de Protección, y el Reglamento 606/2013 relativo al reconocimiento ...