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HUMAN RIGHTS BRIEF: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN ISRAEL
February 1995
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Table of Contents
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN ISRAEL
LEGISLATION
2.1 Penal Code
2.2 The 1991 Law for the Prevention of Family Violence
LEGAL RECOURSE
3.1 Complaint Procedures and Role of the Police
3.2 The Judicial System
OTHER ASSISTANCE
4.1 Women's Organizations
4.2 Rape Crisis Centres
4.3 Shelters for Battered Women
4.4 Hotlines for Battered Women
4.5 Centres for the Treatment and Prevention of Violence in the Family
4.6 Other Services and Programs
APPENDIX I: EXCERPTS FROM THE PENAL CODE OF ISRAEL
APPENDIX II: NOTES ON SELECTED SOURCES
REFERENCES