China Adopts First Anti-Domestic Violence Law In The World

China’s first-ever law against domestic violence was approved at the weekend.

The standing committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s rubber-stamp legislature, adopted Sunday the Anti-Domestic Violence Law, which defines family abuse thou streamlines the process for obtaining restraining orders.

Previously the issue was only referred to in separate laws and regulations addressing other matters such as marriage and protection of children, according to the official Xinhua news agency.

Nearly a quarter of Chinese women who are married have experienced domestic violence, figures from the Communist Party-linked All-China Women’s Federation showed, according to Xinhua.
But the issue has long been sidelined as a private matter. Without a legal definition of the term, many victims — if they report abuse at all — have been shuffled from police to women’s federation to neighbourhood committee, with authorities reluctant to intervene unless serious injury is involved.

Less than two decades ago, physical abuse was not even acceptable as grounds for divorce in China, and it was not until 2001 that the marriage law was amended to explicitly ban domestic violence for the first time.

The new law, which will take effect from March, defines domestic violence as “physical, psychological and other harm inflicted by family members with beatings, restraint or forcible limits on physical liberty, recurring invectives and verbal threats”, according to Xinhua.
It obliges police to step in immediately when a report of abuse is filed, it reported.
But anti-discrimination group Yirenping said the law was “far from enough” since some forms of abuse, such as segxwal violence and domestic violence between same-sex couples, were not addressed.
It also came no less than 20 years after Beijing hosted a landmark United Nations conference on women.
“China spent too many years to enact the basic law on women’s rights protection, it’s really too slow,” Yirenping said in a statement.

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Posted: at 28-12-2015 12:29 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

what next?

Posted: at 28-12-2015 01:14 PM (9 years ago) | Grande Master

Yes,I better,Nigeria,wetin una dey wait for? Follow suit so that all these drunken husband&useless husband wey after them go go out go settle their girlfriends,no go get mind again to use their wife as bouncing bags,Ndi ara!

Posted: at 28-12-2015 03:39 PM (9 years ago) | Hero

Will dis kind of law ever have q sponsor or sponsors from d house??? Instead of them to waste their time to sponsor social media bill or any other unimportant bills.

Posted: at 28-12-2015 08:26 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

hmmm, gud fr dem.

Posted: at 28-12-2015 11:36 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Nice one China. But, I just pray the women in China would take advantage of it.

Posted: at 29-12-2015 12:22 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Women is now in charge

Posted: at 29-12-2015 02:23 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming

This people have what we call common sense some people do think that is all about living in the western world that you'll be educated it common sense we are talking about look at this China people they know what is good for their citizens and they decide to go for it but if it is we here in Nigeria we believe in graduating with the highest degrees with no common sense. Professors everywhere yet still no sense.

Posted: at 30-12-2015 07:56 AM (9 years ago) | Hero

Yes,I better,Nigeria,wetin una dey
wait for? Follow suit so that all
these drunken husband&useless
husband wey after them go go out
go settle their girlfriends,no go get
mind again to use their wife as bouncing bags,Ndi ara!

Posted: at 30-12-2015 11:14 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

That's nice, thumbs up china

Posted: at 6-03-2016 01:39 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac