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- Title
The Right to be Free from Domestic Violence in Macau.
- Authors
Hsieh, Kuo-hsing
- Abstract
Domestic violence is a problem which historically has not received adequate attention in Macau. At the outset, it explains why the right to be free from domestic violence matters in Macau. I contend that the treatment of domestic violence is a human rights issue under international human rights law, focusing on the shift in the conceptualization of domestic violence from a private matter into a human rights issue. I denounce domestic violence as human rights violation. The second part depicts the draft law on Combating of Domestic Violence Act and analyzes the possible effects of Combating of Domestic Violence Act that can occur. Then, I intend to highlight the absence of attention to the positive duties of states-not negative duties to restrain from acting (such as a duty not to infringe upon the right to be free from domestic violence), but positive, affirmative duties to protect women.
- Subjects
MACAU (China : Special Administrative Region); CHINA; DOMESTIC violence; HUMAN rights; INTERNATIONAL law; PREVENTION of the abuse of women; HUMAN rights violations
- Publication
Liverpool Law Review, 2012, Vol 33, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
0144-932X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10991-012-9107-7