2006

In accordance with article 28 of Law No. 62 on social and legal protection against violence in the family dated 25 March 2003, statistical reporting on violence is provided by:
– the National Statistical Committee;
– the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
– the Ministry of Health;
– the Judicial Department;
– the Ministry of Education and Culture;
– local government bodies; and
– territorial social protection bodies.
Statistical reporting on domestic violence includes gender-disaggregated indicators which reflect the number of registered cases of domestic violence by the type of violence and the type of action taken, as well as socio-demographic data on family members who perpetrate domestic violence and on the victims of such violence.

Four cases were heard in the first six months of 2008 pursuant to article 154 of the Criminal Code on entry into actual marital relations with a person who has not reached marriageable age, where the offence violates the freedom to enter into marriage. From these cases, six persons were convicted, five persons were sentenced to imprisonment and material sanctions in the form of fines were imposed on one convicted person. By way of comparison, 20 cases were heard in 2006 and eight persons were sentenced to imprisonment; whereas 13 cases were heard in 2007, five persons were sentenced to imprisonment and one convicted person was fined.

Two cases resulting in criminal convictions were heard in the first six months of 2008 pursuant to article 155 of the Criminal Code on the coercion of a woman to enter into marriage or the obstruction of a woman from entering into marriage, where the offence violates the right of a woman to enter into marriage. From these cases, three persons were convicted and material sanctions in the form of fines were imposed on three convicted persons. By way of comparison, eight cases were heard in 2006, 14 persons were sentenced to imprisonment and six persons were fined; whereas 19 cases were heard in 2007, 17 persons were sentenced to imprisonment and material sanctions in the form of fines were imposed on 21 convicted persons.

The following can be stated regarding criminal cases involving human trafficking (article 124 of the Criminal Code) for which judgements were handed down in the period from 2006 until the middle of 2008: Seven criminal cases were heard in 2006, charges were brought against seven persons, one person was sentenced to imprisonment and material sanctions in the form of fines were imposed on two persons. By way of comparison, 16 cases resulted in convictions in 2007, 10 persons were sentenced to imprisonment and four persons were fined; whereas six cases were heard during the first six months of 2008 and two persons were sentenced to imprisonment.

In 2006, the Justice Department of the Kyrgyz Republic amended departmental reporting of the number of administrative offences (including cases under the article on domestic violence) heard by the courts. It also instituted annual statistical departmental reporting on perpetrators of domestic violence and victims of violence. Consolidated departmental reports are submitted to the National Statistical Committee.

Response of the Government of the Republic of Kyrgyz to the questionnaire on violence against women, 2008