Country North Macedonia Republic of
Year 2017 - 2018
Type of Measure Police > Training
Form of Violence Violence against women and girls, Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Brief Description


The Ministry of Interior continuously conducts trainings related to gender-based violence of its staff, through experts in the specific area. In 2017, the training titled “Hate crime” was organized for employees in the Public Safety Bureau. A “Manual for police officers for providing gender sensitive services for supporting persons who have suffered domestic violence” was promoted in May 2018,adding to the enhanced reply from authorities to violence against women, and increasing the liability of persons committing domestic violence.

Source of Information

North Macedonia's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.14