carried out without undue delay while taking into consideration the rights of the victim during all

stages of the criminal proceedings.

2 Parties shall take the necessary legislative or other measures, in conformity with the fundamental

principles of human rights and having regard to the gendered understanding of violence, to ensure

the effective investigation and prosecution of offences established in accordance with this

Convention.

Article 50 – Immediate response, prevention and protection

1 Parties shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the responsible law

enforcement agencies respond to all forms of violence covered by the scope of this Convention

promptly and appropriately by offering adequate and immediate protection to victims.

2 Parties shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the responsible law

enforcement agencies engage promptly and appropriately in the prevention and protection against

all forms of violence covered by the scope of this Convention, including the employment of

preventive operational measures and the collection of evidence.

Article 51 – Risk assessment and risk management

1 Parties shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that an assessment of the

lethality risk, the seriousness of the situation and the risk of repeated violence is carried out by all

relevant authorities in order to manage the risk and if necessary to provide co-ordinated safety and

support.

2 Parties shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the assessment referred

to in paragraph 1 duly takes into account, at all stages of the investigation and application of

protective measures, the fact that perpetrators of acts of violence covered by the scope of this

Convention possess or have access to firearms.

Article 52 – Emergency barring orders

Parties shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the competent

authorities are granted the power to order, in situations of immediate danger, a perpetrator of

domestic violence to vacate the residence of the victim or person at risk for a sufficient period of

time and to prohibit the perpetrator from entering the residence of or contacting the victim or

person at risk. Measures taken pursuant to this article shall give priority to the safety of victims or

persons at risk.

Article 53 – Restraining or protection orders

1 Parties shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that appropriate restraining

or protection orders are available to victims of all forms of violence covered by the scope of this

Convention.

2 Parties shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the restraining or

protection orders referred to in paragraph 1 are:

– available for immediate protection and without undue financial or administrative burdens

placed on the victim;

– issued for a specified period or until modified or discharged;

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