Domestic violence includes various forms of abuse between family members and has traditionally been considered a problem of the private sphere. Thanks to the gradual strengthening of social awareness of the seriousness of this problem and movements aimed at protecting and strengthening human rights, the legal regulation of this matter slowly came about. The paper deals with some of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights concerning cases of domestic violence and the provisions of important regulations regulating the relevant matter, and above all the requirements of the Convention on preventing and combating of violence against women and domestic violence from 2011 and its implementation in the legislation of the Republic of Croatia. In addition to analyzing the legal framework, the paper also includes reviews of relevant statistical data and recommendations for improving approaches in the fight against the problem of domestic violence.