TOPICAL ISSUES OF COUNTERING FAMILY VIOLENCE IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

The article discusses the issues of unlawful act as domestic violence, provided for in article 177 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic and Article 70 of the Code of the Kyrgyz Republic on Offenses. In particular, the level of global and state significance of a socially dangerous social phenomenon, family violence, is noted. The article analyzes current statistics and their sources, regulatory legal acts regulating public relations in the field of countering family violence, as well as recent legislative changes that lead to the adoption of a number of measures aimed at improving the effectiveness of countering family violence in the Kyrgyz Republic. Attention is focused on the activities of government agencies to combat domestic violence, the need to combine efforts and develop an integrated approach to prevention, as well as to identify and eliminate the causes and conditions conducive to its commission.