Chart 2 Spousal Violence Cases, 2003

The Committee welcomes the enactment in 2002 of the Marital Rape Ordinance.

Marital rape occurs across cultures, and may not be considered a crime.

Accidents are rare but most common with collisions, hockey games, or pair skating.

The following chart illustrates offences upon which spousal cases were recorded.

I wish to congratulate them most sincerely for their efforts and their excellent briefings.

(h) To ensure that marital rape is not excluded from general criminal provisions, and to investigate these acts and to prosecute and punish the perpetrators

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

We hope for a sincere and pragmatic spirit on all sides, which will help promote implementation.

In that connection, my delegation reiterates its conviction that conflict prevention and resolution strategies must be sincere and comprehensive.

It's obvious that this leads to marital bliss because, women, we care a great deal about being thin and good looking, whereas men mostly care about sex ...

With that change, the banker s traditional imperative to maintain fidelity and trust to keep faith, as Higginson put it was forgotten.

I have certainly taken inspiration from her fidelity to her principles and absolute determination to fight, and fight again, when the cause is just.

I should also like to point out that the President of the Republic has no choice but to respect the Constitution to which he has sworn allegiance.

Comparisons between the 1999 General Social Survey and the 1993 Survey on Violence Against Women point to a decline in the rate of spousal violence against women over time.

The representative of Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) orally amended the draft resolution by replacing, in paragraph 17 (h), the words marital rape by domestic sexual violence .

It is a fascinating story about the conflict between ideals and reality, or Utopia and humanness about being faithful to a cause and betraying it and about sacrifice and solidarity.

They were descendants of one another and God hears all and knows everything .

They are the descendants one of another and Allah is the All Hearing , the All Knowing .

seed of one another God hears , and knows .

Progeny , one of the other , and Allah is Hearing , Knowing .

Offspring , one of the other , and Allah is the All Hearer , All Knower .

Offspring one of the other . God is Hearer and Knower .

( for His messengership ) a people alike and the seed of one another . Allah is All Hearing , All Knowing .

They were descendants one of another . Allah is Hearer , Knower .

some of them are descendants of the others , and Allah is all hearing , all knowing .

They were the offspring of one another . Allah is Hearing , and Knowing .

Descendants , some of them from others . And Allah is Hearing and Knowing .

They were the offspring of one another . God is All hearing and All seeing .

Offspring one of the other and Allah is Hearing , Knowing .

They are the offspring of one another . God hears all and knows all .

Offspring , one of the other And Allah heareth and knoweth all things .

There was also a slight, but statistically significant, decline in the severity of assaults between these two time periods Rates of spousal violence have dropped in 2001 and 2002, following a steady increase between 1998 and 2000.

In addition, with the amendments to the Criminal Code in 2004, paragraph 5 relating to private lawsuit in cases of marital or extramarital rape was abolished.

The lack of legal prohibition of, or redress for, marital rape in many societies serves to perpetuate the idea that women have no choice but to submit to their husband's sexual desires, entirely on the man's terms.

And they are heterosexuals who come from countries that have traditions of polygamy and relatively high levels of female autonomy, and almost all of those countries are in east or southern Africa.

The law would permit marital rape, limit women s movements say, for work or study without male permission, and even make it illegal for a woman to refuse to dress as her husband wishes.

There was also the problem of a dowry being paid upon marriage, which the report stated was banned under Gabonese law, but which persisted as a custom in the country. Did the fact that it was paid, although it did not exist under civil law, make it an integral part of the marriage bonds? And if that was correct, could a husband refuse to let his wife divorce him unless she repaid the dowry?

When you think about that, let me go back to what Lionel Trilling, in his seminal book on authenticity, Sincerity and Authenticity came out in 1960 points to as the seminal point at which authenticity entered the lexicon, if you will.

So like in tennis, usually it's win lose it always adds up to zero zero sum. But if you're playing doubles, the person on your side of the net, they're in the same boat as you, so you're playing a non zero sum game with them.

As a measure of sincerity, he needs to order the immediate release of Ayman Nour and take steps to terminate the 24 year long state of emergency, which effectively prevents political campaigning from taking place.

Back in March, two other prominent human rights activists and co founders of ACPRA were found guilty and sentenced to 10 and 11 years in jail for breaking allegiance to the ruler and his successor and trying to impede the country s developments .

With that change, the banker s traditional imperative to maintain fidelity and trust to keep faith, as Higginson put it was forgotten. And it is in America s public debt that the debris of its financial system s broken promises are collected, just as Italy s massive public debt reflects its past national prodigality.

We expect the Government in Harare to pay serious heed to the voice of the international community and to cooperate effectively and in a spirit of sincerity with the United Nations and other humanitarian actors to help those affected by the eviction campaign and those in need of life saving assistance.