UN, (United Nations) ECHR (European Court of Human Rights) and the UK Govt strategy is aligned in “the prevention of violence and abuse to women and girls (VWAG).” Quietly subsumed below that in the UK is the prevention of violence and abuse to boys and men.
The guts of what has been said by former MP Philip Davis is here:
- Treat male and female victims of domestic abuse equally, and recogise that both males and females can be abusive.
- Economic abuse should not be added (grave concerns….)
- Extend the definition to include child alienation.
- False allegations to be classified as domestic abuse, and following an original allegation cross allegations should be heard in an alternating fashion and no further or later historic allegations should be premitted.