Law would keep abusers distant
By Jane Chen |
July 31, 2010, Saturday
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HUSBANDS convicted of beating their wives or threatening domestic violence will be ordered to stay 200 meters away from their spouses, according to a new regulation being reviewed in east China's Zhejiang Province.
Zhejiang Higher People's Court has drafted the new rule to protect women's rights and prevent domestic violence and submitted it to the provincial lawmakers for approval, Xinhua news agency reported today.
The court defines domestic violence as physically or mentally injuring family members by beating them up, binding them, or making other violent acts.
The new rule proposes helping the victims by prohibiting the close approach of the violent parties as well as their harassment. The violent parties are banned from secret disposal of their shared family properties.
The rule encourages victims to demand compensation from the violent parties.
Domestic violence has been a major theme of women's complaints in Zhejiang.
Since 2008, such complains accounted for 14.5 percent of all the complaints reported in the province.
Globally, domestic violence has been reported in one-fifth of families.
One case is reported every 18 seconds, according to United Nation data.
In China, about 30 percent of the 270 million families succumbed to domestic violence, and in 90 percent of the case wives were the victims.
Domestic violence leads to 100,000 divorces every year in the country, according to data from All-China Women's Federation.
The federation has advocated a law that police could break in and intervene when a domestic violence incident is reported.
Traditionally, mediation has been recommended in spouse-abuse cases, as Chinese people are accustomed to keeping family problems private.
But many experts advise that police, the judiciary and civil affairs authorities need to be more active in preventing and fighting domestic violence.
Zhejiang Higher People's Court has drafted the new rule to protect women's rights and prevent domestic violence and submitted it to the provincial lawmakers for approval, Xinhua news agency reported today.
The court defines domestic violence as physically or mentally injuring family members by beating them up, binding them, or making other violent acts.
The new rule proposes helping the victims by prohibiting the close approach of the violent parties as well as their harassment. The violent parties are banned from secret disposal of their shared family properties.
The rule encourages victims to demand compensation from the violent parties.
Domestic violence has been a major theme of women's complaints in Zhejiang.
Since 2008, such complains accounted for 14.5 percent of all the complaints reported in the province.
Globally, domestic violence has been reported in one-fifth of families.
One case is reported every 18 seconds, according to United Nation data.
In China, about 30 percent of the 270 million families succumbed to domestic violence, and in 90 percent of the case wives were the victims.
Domestic violence leads to 100,000 divorces every year in the country, according to data from All-China Women's Federation.
The federation has advocated a law that police could break in and intervene when a domestic violence incident is reported.
Traditionally, mediation has been recommended in spouse-abuse cases, as Chinese people are accustomed to keeping family problems private.
But many experts advise that police, the judiciary and civil affairs authorities need to be more active in preventing and fighting domestic violence.
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