Canada receives praise for helping China draft it's new domestic abuse legislation

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Canada shaped China’s new domestic abuse law: feds

Canada’s federal government helped to guide China through the drafting of its first national domestic abuse law passed late last year, even fielding a visit from top Chinese lawmakers working on the project.

Chinese officials “turned to Canada for inspiration” in the early stages of drafting the legislation, which explicitly outlaws physical and psychological abuse in domestic relationships for the first time in that country, according to Global Affairs Canada.

The Canadian foreign ministry even boasted that it “was able to influence” the drafting of the landmark legislation in its annual performance report for last year. The federal Justice and Public Health departments and local government agencies hosted visiting Chinese officials working on the legislation.

Passed in December 2015, China’s law “prohibits any form of domestic violence,” formally defines domestic violence, and streamlines the process for obtaining restraining orders, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. The law covers married and unmarried opposite-sex couples who live together, and children in foster care. It covers both psychological and physical abuse, but does not apply to same-sex couples.

A delegation of senior Chinese officials visited Canada in October 2014 to meet with Canadian counterparts in the Justice, Status of Women, and Public Health departments and “learn from Canadian experiences in combating domestic violence,” according to Global Affairs Canada.

Canada also provided input into the first two drafts of the Chinese law passed last December, according to the Canadian foreign ministry, which called it an “important milestone” despite “certain shortcomings.”

“Canada’s efforts … have to an extent helped shape the final text of the law,” said foreign ministry spokesperson Kristine Racicot in an emailed response to questions.

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