The United Kingdom has also received criticism for taking eight years to carry out commitments following the Istanbul Convention.

The definition is described in Section 1, which states that the behaviour must be "abusive" and the parties involved must be "personally connected" to each other.

Statistics across various sectors and identity groups demonstrate that women are experience higher rates of domestic abuse than men due to historical and "patriarchal dynamics surrounding the use of violence.

"[6] The Government justified this decision to "ensure that all victims and all types of domestic abuse are sufficiently captured.

[8] This recognize the detrimental effects of children experiencing domestic abuse within the home and how they are classed as the "invisible victims.

[13] DAPO and DAPN are currently at pilot stage in order to "assess the effectiveness and impact of the new model prior to national roll out.