On Monday 8 February and until 11 May, the European Commission opened a public consultation with a view to presenting, in the third quarter of 2021, an initiative to prevent gender-based violence and to punish its perpetrators.
Women are most affected by such violence: according to the most comprehensive study to date, in 2014, 33% of women were reportedly victims of sexual harassment. No specific legal instrument currently addresses this violence at European level.
According to the impact...