Anti-Domestic Violence Law of the People’s Republic of China (2015)
On December 27, 2015, China adopted the Anti-domestic Violence Law, which became effective on March 1st, 2016 (the “Law”). The purpose of the Law is to prevent and curb domestic violence, which encompasses the physical, psychological, and other harms inflicted between family members or persons who live together. This includes beating, restraining, maiming, restricting physical liberty, recurrent verbal abuse, intimidation, or other actions. The Law provides that anti-domestic violence measures should focus on prevention (including training, publicity, and mediation) as well as education, correction, and punishment. Specifically, the Law provides that one may apply with the court for a personal protection order for suffering domestic violence or if the applicant is under such threat. Committing domestic violence, depending on the severity of the conduct, may result in punishment by public security administration or criminal liabilities. Furthermore, if a school, medical institution, residents’ committee, social work service institution, welfare institution, or any staff of such institutions fails to report a domestic violence case and severe consequences result, punishment may be imposed as appropriate.
中华人民共和国反家庭暴力法 (2015)
2015年12月27日，中国颁布了《中华人民共和国反家庭暴力法》，自2016年3月1日起施行。该法旨在预防和制止家庭暴力，即家庭成员之间或家庭成员以外共同生活的人之间以殴打、捆绑、残害、限制人身自由以及经常性谩骂、恐吓等方式实施的身体、精神等侵害行为。根据该法，反家庭暴力工作应以预防（包括教育、宣传、调解等方式）为主，教育、矫治和惩处相结合，并特别规定人民法院应当受理当事人因遭受家庭暴力或者面临家庭暴力的现实危险而向人民法院进行的人身安全保护令申请。实施家庭暴力的，根据情节，可能构成违反治安管理行为或犯罪行为。另外，对于学校、医疗机构、居委会、社会工作服务机构、福利机构及其工作人员未按该法规定向公安机关报案并造成严重后果的，将依法给予处分。