Domestic Abuse and Human Rights presents an overview of the relevance of the European Convention on Human Rights to domestic abuse. It has three aims first to consider the relevant case law and application of the key articles to questions around domestic abuse second to consider at a theoretical level the balance between protection and autonomy at the heart of the legal response to domestic abuse third to propose practical application of a human rights approach to issues around domestic abuse with particular emphasis placed on the significance of the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women. The book argues that a human rights approach requires states to take a proactive stance towards domestic abuse. It should no longer be regarded as a private matter but as a human rights approach mandating state intervention although within limits. So understood the European Convention on Human Rights provides a powerful impetus for states to ensure an effective response to the major problem of domestic abuse. show more