(b) Domestic Violence Act in 1999, protecting the rights of children and women from domestic violence and

In her view, one act of domestic violence should be enough.

The moment to act is now. The violence must stop.

The Protection Against Family Violence Act, which came into force on April 1, 2005, provides for 24 hour access to emergency protection orders when there is an act, or threat of family violence.

The Stockholm suicide bombing was not the first act of violence linked to Vilks.

According to the Draft Prevention and Resolution of Domestic Violence Act, any person witnessing domestic violence is obliged to report such harmful act to police officers for intervention and help as quickly as possible.

Moreover, Act No. 1600 on domestic violence seemed to bear the seeds of its own failure in requiring that the violence be habitual .

The draft Protection and Elimination of Domestic Violence Act is under the State Council's consideration.

Nigeria s kidnapped girls are victims not just of an act of violence but of a way of thinking.

Lastly, a deadline would be set for amending Act No. 1600 on domestic violence.

In 2005, the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act had been adopted by the Indian Parliament.

Such an act can be regarded as a domestic violence act if the victim is a member of the household who did not consent and the act harmfully affects the victim's body and mind.

When should we call an act of violence terrorism and when should we call a militant a terrorist ?

Pursuant to the draft UN Declaration on Elimination of Violence Against Women, violence is considered to be any act of violence based on gender, which results or may result in physical, sexual of psychical injury or suffering of woman .

Many young men are drawn to the fantasy of violence far fewer feel the need to act it out.

The draft Prevention and Resolution of Domestic Violence Act does not have any specific provision dealing with marital rape.

As part of the Domestic Violence Intervention Act, which was passed in 2003, victims of family violence now have access to emergency protection orders that preserve financial and physical well being.

Referring to questions 7 and 8, Ms. Narain (Mauritius) said that the 1997 Protection from Domestic Violence Act allowed victims of domestic violence which covered verbal as well as physical violence to apply to the courts for various forms of protection.

Their self image is no longer that of the good guys, against whom an act of violence is mad and inexplicable.

Indeed, any act of violence against a child is a violation of the lofty principles for which the United Nations stands.

In April 1995 the Domestic Violence Act had been passed to provide remedies and protection for victims.

A review of the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act had pointed to the need to set up a single national registry for victims of violence in order properly to assess the situation.

(a) Exert control over Palestinian armed groups in such a way that they refrain from any act of violence against civilians

Although that Code was the principal instrument for combating discrimination against women in Benin, there were other laws that reinforced it the Act on Punishment of Female Genital Mutilation the Act on Reproductive Health and the Act on Sexual Violence against Women.

In paragraph 2 (c), the words concerted act of violence should be added after armed conflict to ensure consistency within the article.

States parties should take appropriate and effective measures to overcome all forms of gender based violence, whether by public or private act.

There was an urgent need to put in place legislation against gender based violence and a family law act.

General laws on assault did not address the issue what was needed was a domestic violence act with teeth.

We must act boldly in all situations where the survival of millions of civilians caught in the vise of violence and war is threatened.

The Committee welcomes the adoption of the Law on the Protection against Domestic Violence (2003), which prohibits corporal punishment within the family, and of various other legal instruments to prevent and combat domestic violence (e.g. Criminal Code, Family Act) but remains concerned about incidents of domestic violence.

Ms. García (Paraguay) said that there were two legal remedies in Paraguay for cases of domestic violence Act No. 1600 on domestic violence represented the civil remedy, while the Penal Code represented the criminal remedy.

In 2000 the Working Conditions Act was evaluated with regard to sexual harassment, aggression, violence and bullying in the workplace.

In its response to the Committee's question 26, the State party had stated that Act No. 1600 on domestic violence addressed individuals who habitually committed acts of physical violence against another person living in the same home.

Like Samson in the temple of Gaza, he wishes to destroy himself in a public act of violence, taking as many people as possible with him.

Turkey reported that terrorism is an act of violence aimed at eradicating basic human rights while threatening public order, security, and the territorial integrity of States.

Any act of violence inflicted upon innocent civilians in this conflict, be they Palestinians or Israelis, is unacceptable and deserves equal condemnation by all of us.

So far, two extraordinary committees have been set up to deliberate on gender related legal instruments, which are the draft amendment to the Name Act B.E. 2505 (1962) and the draft Protection and Elimination of Domestic Violence Act.

2. Indigenous peoples have the collective right to live in freedom, peace and security as distinct peoples and shall not be subjected to any act of genocide or any other act of violence, including forcibly removing children of the group to another group.

He hoped that before it drafted its concluding observations, the Committee would have statistics on the incidence of domestic violence against women and children, and on the number of protection orders requested and granted under the Protection from Domestic Violence Act of 1997.

The Protection from Domestic Violence Act had been amended to cover all persons living in the same household, in addition to spouses and children.

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Several ministries had also signed an agreement to incorporate the gender perspective into their work and improve inter institutional coordination on the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act.

The Palestinian Authority must act to fulfil its obligations to end violence and terror, but full support is needed from Israel and the international community.

The international community needed to take stronger action to ensure that any act of violence committed against humanitarian personnel was investigated and that the perpetrators were brought to justice.

Significant progress had been made since the adoption of the Domestic Violence Act in 2000, even though there was still a degree of resistance by the bodies called upon to intervene.