[Domestic violence].

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“... [T]he issue of domestic violence, which can take various forms ranging from physical to psychological violence or verbal abuse ... is a general problem which concerns all member States and which does not always surface since it often takes place within personal relationships or closed circuits and it is not only women who are affected. The [European] Court [of Human Rights] acknowledges that men may also be the victims of domestic violence and, indeed, that children, too, are often casualties of the phenomenon, whether directly or indirectly. ...” (Opuz v. Turkey, judgment of 9 June 2009, § 132).