The relevance of the article is that at the present stage of development of criminal law counteraction to violations of women’s rights, recognizing the need to build a comprehensive system of legal protection against violence in the field of gender equality using existing positive developments in this field, foreign criminologists should not seek direct borrowing. their proposed forms and methods of combating crimes against women’s rights. This issue is also highlighted by the focus on achieving maximum effect in the prevention of gender crimes, which requires the legislator serious theoretical training and adaptation of various measures to prevent violence against women, taking into account the specifics of the legal mentality in the context of general criminal policy trends. The article examines the international legal foundations of the criminal legal counteraction to the violation of the rights and interests of women in Ukraine, presents the characteristics of the influence of acts of international law on the criminal legal mechanisms of combating crime in the field of violation of women’s rights. It is shown that the international legal framework for the criminalization of violations of the rights and interests of women in Ukraine, which boil down to crimes of the status of crimes against humanity, the recognition of the crime of sexual violence, regardless of the marriage and family relations of the victim and the perpetrator, regulation of the inadmissibility of discrimination on the basis of sex, the invalidation of which would be Whatever factors in justifying gender-based violence, the formation at the international level of special respect and protection of women’s rights, make it possible to substantiate the admissibility of the application in national legislation of the most severe criminal-legal measures in the field of combating violent crimes against women’s rights in the context of ensuring personal freedom in the context of modern global trends in strengthening the protection of human rights.