The topic of the thesis is the analysis of the regulations of the Republic of Croatia in the field of supressing violence against women in the context of relevant international legal standards. The thesis presents the historical circumstances that contributed to the recognition of violence against women as a social problem, and defines the forms of violence against women. The legal aspects of violence against women are presented through description of laws of the Republic of Croatia and international treaties ratified by the Republic of Croatia. In this regard, an overview of international documents in the field of human rights protection relevant to this matter is given, and the most significant judgments of the European Court of Human Rights are analysed, which established the most important standards in the field of violence against women and which were the impetus for the adoption of the Istanbul Convention. The regulations regulating the area of violence against women in the legislation of the Republic of Croatia are analysed. The history of legal changes from 1999 to the present is presented, and the problems related to the violation of the principle of determinacy and the principle of ne bis in idem, the problem of double standardizing of misdemeanour and criminal legislation are described, and the characteristics of the criminal offense of violent behaviour in the family and violence in the family are analysed. Emphasis was also placed on the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights against the Republic of Croatia in cases of domestic violence and the changes in legislation that followed as a result of those judgments. Also, the paper analyses the conformity of the legislation of the Republic of Croatia with the standards and requirements of the Istanbul Convention, and gives an assessment of the conformity of the current legislation with international legal standards. The analysis of international documents showed that they established important standards in the field of suppressing violence against women, emphasizing that it is a consequence of the inequality between men and women, a form of discrimination and represents a violation of fundamental human rights. In its rulings, the European Court of Human Rights found violations of numerous convention rights, recognized victims of domestic violence as particularly vulnerable and violence against women as a form of discrimination, but also pointed to the importance of a timely and adequate response to violence to suppress and eliminate it. The use of all the provided methods in the work showed that the protection against violence against women in the Republic of Croatia has been improved over the years, but the legislative framework is still not completely satisfactory in order to suppress violence against women. Ratification of the Istanbul Convention, despite enormous public pressure and initiatives against it, meant progress in the field of combating domestic violence. A series of legal changes took place before the actual ratification, so that the provisions of the key laws in the fight against violence against women remained unaligned with the Istanbul Convention. By comparing the provisions of the Istanbul Convention and the Croatian legislative framework, it was determined that the Istanbul Convention has not been fully implemented in Croatian legislation.