This page provides links to domestic
violence Laws of the following countries:
Law No. 24417
of 28 December 1994 on protection against family violence.
Decree
No. 235 of 7 March 1996 [Regulations to Law No. 24417].
Family Law
Reform Act 1995 (Act No. 167 of 1995), 16 December 1995 [Part VII, Division 11:
Family Violence].
Federal Law of 30
December 1996 on protection against family violence.
Law of 24 November
1997 to fight violence within couples.
Law of 28 January
2003 [deals with domestic violence].
Domestic Violence
Act, 1992, 23 December 1992, as amended through 1996.
The Domestic
Violence (Protection Orders) Act, 1997 (Act No. 1 of 1997), 23 February 1997.
Law No. 1674 of 15 December 1995, Law against Family
or Domestic Violence.
Supreme Decree No. 25087 of 6 July 1998, Regulations
to Law No. 1674.
Law
No. 10714 of 13 August 2003 [requires the establishment of domestic violence
hotlines].
Married
Women Act, 1999 [Sections 25-29].
Decree No. 1415
of 17 October 1994, Regulations to Law No. 19325.
Marriage Law, as
amended through 28 April 2001 [Articles 43-48].
Domestic
Violence Ordinance, 30 June 1997, as amended through 2008.
Domestic Violence Rules, 1997, as amended through
2008.
Domestic
Violence Prevention Act, 24 June 1998.
Penal Code,
Law No. 599 of 24 January 2000 [Book II, Title VI, Chapter I: Intrafamily
Violence].
Law 575 of 9
February 2000 [amends Law No. 294].
Decree No. 652
of 16 April 2001 [Regulations to Laws No. 294 and 599].
COMMONWEALTH OF THE
Public Law No.
12-19 of 20 September 2000 [deals with domestic violence].
Public Law
No. 12-30 of 14 November 2000 [amends Public Law No. 12-19].
Law No. 7586 of 25 March 1996, Law against Domestic
Violence.
Law No. 103 of 25 November 1995, Law against Violence against Women and
the Family.
Decree No. 902 of 5 December 1996, the Law on Intrafamily Violence.
Decree
No. 892 of 27 June 2002 [amends Decree No. 902].
Decree
No. 345 of 2 July 1998 [amends provisions of the Penal Code on domestic
violence].
Law of 11 December 2001 on
civil law protection against acts of violence and harassment.
Decree No. 97-96 of 24
October 1996, Law to Prevent, Punish, and Eradicate Intrafamily Violence.
Decree No. 132-97 of 29
September 1997, the Law on Domestic Violence.
Domestic Violence Act,
1996 (Act No. 1 of 1996, 27 February 1996.
Domestic Violence
(Amendment) Act, 2002 (Act No. 30 of 2002), 19 December 2002.
Law of
8 September 2003 on domestic violence.
Law No. 2000-21 of 2000 [amends the Penal Code to prohibit violence committed
against a spouse].
An
Act to provide protection to the victims of domestic violence, 1997.
Law of 8 July 1996
on Assistance for and Prevention of Intrafamily Violence.
Domestic Violence Act
1995 (No. 86 of 1995), 15 December 1995, as amended through 2008.
Law No. 27 of 16 June 1995
defining crimes of intrafamily viol
Law No. 1600 of 6 October
2000 against domestic violence.
Law No. 7/2000 of 27 May
2000 [amends Article 152 of the Penal Code].
Domestic Violence (Summary
Proceedings) Act 1995 (Act No. 7 of 1995), 20 April 1995.
SAINT VINCENT AND THE
Domestic
Violence (Summary Proceedings) Act, 1995, 17 October 1995.
Domestic Violence Act,
1998 (No. 116 of 1998), 20 October 1998.
Regulations under the Domestic Violence Act, 1999.
Organic law No. 14/1999 of 9
June 1999 amending the Penal Code with respect to the protection of the victims
of mistreatment and amending the Law of Criminal Procedure.
Domestic Violence Act 1999
(Act No. 27 of 1999), 12 October 1999.
UNITED KINIGDOM
Family Law Act, 1996
(Chapter 27 of 1996) [Part IV, in particular].
Law of 3 September 1998
on violence against women and the family.