This page provides links to domestic
violence laws and policies of the following countries (updated as of 2 February
2010):
Law No.
9669 of 18 December 2006 on measures against violence in family relations.
Law No. 9062
of 8 May 2003, the Family Code [contains provisions on family violence].
Law No. 15/2008 of 3 October 2008 [amends the
Penal Code with respect to domestic violence].
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 on Protection from Domestic Violence, 29
March 2005.
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].
Law No. 1257 of 4 December 2008 [amends the
Penal Code with respect to domestic violence].
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.
Violence in the Family (Prevention and Victim
Protection) (Amendment) Act 2004.
Decree-Law No. 19/2009, 30 March 2009, the
Penal Code [contains provisions on domestic violence].
Law No. 103 of 25 November
1995, Law against Violence against Women and the Family.
Executive
Decree No. 1109 of 27 May 2008 [amends the above Accord].
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.
Law No. 3500/2006 [on domestic violence].
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.
Law No. 72 of 2009 [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 16 March 2008 [on domestic violence].
Law No. X-1597 of 12 June 2008 [amends the
Penal Code with respect to domestic violence].
Law of
8 September 2003 on domestic violence.
Law amending the Family Law, 2008 [contains
provisions 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.
Protection from Domestic Violence
(Amendment) Act 2007 (Act. No. 23 of 2007), 20 December 2007.
General
Law on the Access of Women to a Life Free from Violence, 19 December 2006.
Regulations to its General Law on the Access
of Women to a Life Free from Violence, 12, March 2008.
Law of 8 July 1996
on Assistance for and Prevention of Intrafamily Violence.
Law No. 45 of 1
March 2007 [on domestic violence].
Law No. 29/2008
of 29 September 2008 [on domestic violence].
Domestic Violence (Crime and Punishment) Act,
2008.
Domestic Violence Act
1995 (No. 86 of 1995), 15 December 1995, as amended through 2008.
Domestic Violence Amendment Act 2009
(Public Act No. 43 of 2009), 27 October 2009.
The Domestic
Violence (General) Amendment Regulations 2009 (Statutory Instrument No. 186 of
2009).
The Domestic
Violence Amendment 2009 (Statutory Instrument No.189 of 2009).
Law No. 641, Penal Code, 16 November 2007
[contains provisions on domestic violence].
Law No. 74 of 19 June
2009 [amends the Penal Code with respect to domestic violence].
Law No. 44 of 19 June 2009 [on shelters
for the victims of violence, including family violence].
Law No. 27 of 16 June 1995
defining crimes of intrafamily violence
Law No. 1600 of 6 October
2000 against domestic violence.
Law No. 3440 of 16 July 2008 [amends the Penal
Code with respect to domestic violence].
Act of 29 July 2005 on Counteraction of
Domestic Violence.
Law No. 7/2000 of 27 May
2000 [amends Article 152 of the Penal Code].
Law No. 112/2009 of 16 September 2009 [on
domestic violence].
Penal Code, 17 July
2009 [contains provisions on domestic violence].
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.
Law No. 97 of 20 June 2008 [on domestic
violence].
Law
amending the Criminal Code, 2009 [contains provisions on domestic violence].
Family
Law, 2005 [prohibits domestic violence].
Law of 1 February 2008 [on domestic
violence].
Criminal Code, 20
May 2008 [contains provisions on domestic violence].
Family Violence
Prevention Act, 2005.
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.
Plan of Action supporting the Prevention of
Domestic Violence Act, National Committee on Women, 2005.
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].
The Family Protection Act (Act No. 28 of 2008),
22 December 2008 [deals with domestic violence].
Law of 3 September 1998
on violence against women and the family.
Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control,
Law No. 02/2007/QH12, 5 December 2007.