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Amendment of current domestic violence law better frames violence
10-4-2017
The Ministry of Justice and Kafa Enough Violence and Exploitation organization held on Friday a joint press conference announcing a draft amendment of Law No. 293/2014 on the protection of women and family members against domestic violence promulgated three years ago by the Lebanese parliament. On the occasion, Minister Salim Jreisati highlighted the suggested modifications which involved the writing of a clear and explicit text related to domestic violence that explains a misuse of authority within a family. Said alterations, Jreisati maintained, note that an act of domestic violence which requires a special treatment with its corollaries or consequences, including murder, permanent or temporary physical disabilities, physical or moral abuse, restriction of freedoms and economic dependence or damages, be considered a crime of its own, and is efficiently, urgently and flexibly punishable for its detrimental consequences. Jreisati indicated that he will submit the draft law to the Cabinet for endorsement and referral to Parliament, hoping such amendments will contribute to addressing the negative impact of the phenomenon of violence largely suffered by children and women in particular. For his part, the minister of state for women’s affairs, Jean Ogassapian, lauded what he described as ‘needed’ reforms to the effect of promoting the protection of battered women and their family members, reminding of the importance of setting up special care centers across the Lebanese regions in this regard. similarly, Kafa director, Zoya Ruhana, recalled an unprecedented surge in the number of visits by abused women to the organization’s support center, (by 275% during the year which followed the enactment of the law as compared to the previous year). (For more details on the proposed amendments, please visit the following link http://bit.ly/2oh5TvX. (Al Hayat, An Nahar, April 7 and 8, 2017)
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