APWLD is pleased to announce the launching of
APWLD’s 'Collation of Laws and Resources on Domestic Violence’
on our website. This collation is intended to be a resource
for groups and communities undertaking legal reform on
domestic violence. With the collaboration of our members we
have collated national laws, bills, regulations, law reports
and NGO reports on Domestic Violence in the Asia-Pacific
region. Copies of the resources are available on the website.
This project began in 2003 and has been
recently updated with the assistance of our members. However,
this is an ongoing initiative and we rely on your help to send
us updated laws, bills and NGO work from your country relating
to domestic violence. Please send any relevant
information to lisa@apwld.org. Please also
send us feedback on how you have been able to use the
collation as well as suggestions for improvement.
Collation of
Laws, NGO reports and other resources on Domestic Violence
in the Asia Pacific Region
Please note that these are not official versions or
translations of the domestic laws and bills. They have
been collected and translated with the help of APWLD
members.
Country |
Laws |
Draft laws/ recommendations/ NGO
reports |
Australia
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- Evaluation of the NSW apprehended violence order
scheme
- Model domestic violence laws 1999
- Domestic violence discussion paper
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Bangladesh |
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Cambodia |
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Hong Kong |
- Domestic violence ordinance 1986
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India |
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Indonesia |
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- Draft anti-domestic violence bill 2002 (in Bhasa
only)
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Japan |
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Kazakhstan |
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Korea |
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- A collection of gender related legal acts of the
republic of Korea, 2000
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Lao PDR |
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Malaysia |
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Mongolia |
- Law Combating Domestic Violence, 2004
- Family law 1999
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Pacific |
- Bill for the Family Protection, 2001, Vanuatu
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- Fiji – sexual assault law reform – NGO background
paper
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Pakistan |
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- Relevant newspaper articles
- Report of the commission of inquiry for women 1997
- Pakistan: insufficient protection of women (AI)
2002
- Pakistan ten years into the Beijing platform for
action 2005
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Philippines |
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Sri Lanka |
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Taiwan |
- Anti-domestic violence bill (Chinese only)
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Thailand |
- S. 53 VAW (translated)
- DVAW bill (Thai only)
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Timor Leste |
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Viet Nam |
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* = available in electronic version
Regional/International
Miscellaneous Laws
Malaysia
- Sexual Harassment Bill, 2001 (NGO: Joint Action Group
Against Violence Against Women)
- Executive Summary: Proposed Sexual harassment Bill, 2001
(NGO: Joint Action Group Against Violence Against Women
- Memorandum on Proposed Sexual harassment Bill, 2001
(NGO: Joint Action Group Against Violence Against Women)
- Code of Practice on the Prevention and Eradication of
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, 1999
Sri Lanka
- University of Colombo, Code on Sexual Harassment, 2002
Thailand
- Measures in Prevention and Suppression of Trafficking
in Women and Children Act 1996
NON-ASIA-PACIFIC
Canada
South Africa
United Kingdom
- Family Law Act 1996
- Government Policy Around Domestic Violence
United States of America
- Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act,
2000
- Contents only of: Battered Women’s Economic Security and
Safety Act- S.1069, 1999; Violence Against Women Act II-
S.51, 1999; Violence Against Women Act 1999- H.R.1248, 1999;
Violence Against Women Act of 1999- H.R. 357, 1999
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