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The National Commission of Lebanese Women announced in a statement that “Six years after the enactment of Law 293/2014 to protect women and other family members from domestic violence, the House of Representatives today approved a series of amendments that he proposed to this law, both by the Ministry of Justice and by his organization ”. Enough: “And the National Commission for Women’s Affairs in 2018, in order to ensure effective protection for the victim of domestic violence and their children, after it was discovered that there are gaps in some articles of the law based on in the result of practical experience in its application by the interested judges ”.
The commission welcomed the “approval of some of these amendments”, calling them a “positive step towards greater protection for women exposed to violence and their children.” This step is taken in light of the high rate of domestic violence crimes during the quarantine period imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, and after the alarming figures that were confirmed by the periodic monitoring process carried out by the National Authority in collaboration with the General Directorate of Internal Security Forces on the number of calls received on the 1745 hotline to report complaints of domestic violence.
The commission thanked “all those who contributed to the approval of the amendments, starting with the Ministry of Justice and the” Kafa “organization, as well as the ten representatives of different parliamentary blocs, who approved the proposed amendments and presented them to parliament. , and the representatives are: Ibrahim Kanaan, Edi Abi Al-Lama, Estephan Douaihy, Paula Yaacoubian Taymour Jumblatt, Sami Al-Gamil, Shamil Roukoz, Michel Musa, Nazih Najm and Nawaf Al-Mousawi “.
Commission Chair Claudine Aoun had welcomed “the adoption by the subcommittee of a notable number of proposed amendments in 2018 to this law, but after her continued communication with parliamentarians, she highlighted the need not to go through stop some of these proposals to avoid any obstacle to activate the fight against violence and protect victims of domestic violence. ” And his sons “.
The authority’s statement pointed out the most prominent amendments that were approved, which are:
Include in the definition of domestic violence, criminal practices that take place “during or due to marital life.”
Include the types of punishable violence, economic violence.
– Increase the number of judges in charge of investigating and examining cases of domestic violence and ensuring that the victim knows their rights before the courts and their right to seek social assistance.
– The inclusion of the protection order issued in favor of the victim of domestic violence, their children under 13 years of age, while the protection order only covers the victim’s children who are in legal custody in accordance with the provisions of the laws on personal status. As in the new law, any minor has the right to apply for a protection order without their guardian.
– Create a special account in the Ministry of Social Affairs to help victims of domestic violence and rehabilitate the aggressors financed with state contributions (and for this a nominal allocation is assigned in the annual budget of the Ministry of Social Affairs), of donations and of funds resulting from the fines imposed by this law.
More severe penalties for perpetrators of domestic violence crimes.
The National Commission for Women’s Affairs and its associates called for “additional amendments that have not been approved today by the Lebanese Parliament, among them that Law 293/2014 includes crimes committed” during the marriage relationship or after its dissolution “, that the crime of adultery be abolished and that the protection decision include all the provisions. “Minor children of the victim. It was also required to force the perpetrator to take rehabilitation courses, and stricter penalties for the perpetrators of violence and for violating the protection orders issued in favor of the victims. “
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