Country Portugal
Year 2018
Type of Measure Violence against women > Regulations
Form of Violence Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Brief Description


New regulations were adopted in 2018 concerning the national support network for domestic violence victims (RNAVVD) organisation and operation in terms of counselling, emergency housing and shelters for domestic violence victims (Regulatory Decree 2/2018 of 24 January and Ordinance 197/2018 of 6 July).

Source of Information

Portugal's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.68

For more information: Regulatory Decree No. 2/2018