Combating Domestic Violence Against Women
2 min readCombating Domestic Violence Against Women
The Criminal Law，the Criminal Procedure Law，the General Rules of the Civil law，the Marriage Law，and the Law on Protection of Rights and Interests of Women all forbid violence against women by anyone and in any form.Legislation and judicial practice both stress that those who have committed domestic violence against women shall be penalized in civil and criminal terms according to the seriousness of the violence，and active legalaids should be provided to the victims.In recent years，local statutes outlawing domestic vlolence have been enacted in some areas，and by the end of 2004 some 22 provinces（autonomous regions，municipalities directly under the central government）had formulated such rules，policies and measures.Besides，the Chinese government has cooperated actively with NGOs to launch intervening projects，as well as vigorous publicity，education and training activities；set up alarm centers，injury assessment centers and women’s aid stations；open anti-domestic-violence hoftlines；and provide multiple services for female victims，including consultation，shelter，medical care and psychological help.
Cracking Down on Crimes of Abducting and Trafficking in Women
The charges for abduction，trafficking in and buying women were revised and added to the Criminal Law in 1997，and the penalties for such crimes were made more severe.The Supreme People’s Court has laid down judicial interpretations on the related legal clauses to facilitate their execution.In recent years，public security organs throughout the country have taken a series of special actions to crack down on the abducting of and trafficking in women and children，set up transfer，training and rehabilitating centers for rescued women and children.All these actions have achieved remarkable results.Meanwhile，the public security and judicial organs have made the crackdown on the crimes of abducting and trafficking in women and children an important field of international cooperation，and have signed agreements on bilateral police service cooperation and treaties on judicial assistance in criminal cases with related countries in joint under takings to prevent and crack down on crimes of abducting and trafficking in women and children.
