Restricting Instruction as a Case of Separate Proceedings in the Civil Procedure of Ukraine

The article is devoted to a study on the new institute of civil justice in Ukraine - a restrictive regulation, which is defined as a form of protection of any person from domestic violence. The research analyzes statistics on appeals to law enforcement agencies with allegations of domestic violence, the number of open criminal proceedings on these facts and reports of suspicion, the number of cases of administrative offenses, the trend of increasing applications, because in 2019 the National Police In Ukraine, 141 814 allegations and reports of offenses and other events related to domestic violence were registered, and in 2020 this figure increased by a third to 208 784. The case law on the procedure for consideration by courts of applications for issuance and extension of a restrictive order, on the amount of evidence submitted in a particular case has been studied separately; requirements for the application for the issuance or extension of a restrictive order, the terms of consideration of such applications, the procedure for their appeal. The paper identifies the legal features and shortcomings of the restrictive order, the period for which such an order is issued, the measures in accordance with which (which) the person of the offender may be assigned certain responsibilities. The aim of the article is to discuss current issues in the field of law enforcement response to cases of domestic violence and the use of restrictive regulations as a measure to combat this phenomenon in civil proceedings. The concept of responsibility for domestic violence and abuse of family members has been studied. The Law of Ukraine “On Preventing and Combating Domestic Violence”, the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence was opened for signature in Istanbul (Turkey) on May 11, 2011 and an explanatory report. Based on the analysis of theoretical views of scientists and current legislation of Ukraine, a description of special measures to prevent domestic violence. The author suggested the possibility of issuing a restraining order at the stage when the offender has not yet been prosecuted (criminal or administrative) for domestic violence, simplified the list and requirements for evidence to be submitted to the court together with the application for continuation of the restrictive prescription. General scientific research methods were used in the work, namely empirical - description, and theoretical - analysis, generalization.