This page provides links to domestic violence Laws of the following countries:
ARGENTINA
Law No. 24417 of 28 December 1994.
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
Federal Law of 30 December 1996 on protection against family violence.
BELGIUM
Law of 24 November 1997 to fight violence within couples.
BOLIVIA
Law No. 1674 of 15 December 1995, Law against Family or Domestic Violence.
Supreme Decree No. 25087 of 6 July 1998, Regulations to Law No. 1674.
CAYMAN ISLANDS
The Summary Jurisdiction (Domestic Violence) Law, 1992 (Law No. 20 of 1992) of 17 November 1992.
CHILE
Decree No. 1415 of 17 October 1994, Regulations to Law No. 19325.
CHINA--HONG KONG
Domestic Violence Ordinance, 30 June 1997.
COLOMBIA
Penal Code, Law No. 599 of 24 January 2000 [Book II, Title VI, Chapter I: Intrafamily Violence].
Law 575 of 9 February 2000 [amends Law No. 294].
Decree No. 652 of 16 April 2001 [Regulations to Laws No. 294 and 599].
COSTA RICA
Law No. 7586 of 25 March 1996, Law against Domestic Violence.
ECUADOR
Law No. 103 of 25 November 1995, Law against Violence against Women and the Family.
EL SALVADOR
Decree No. 902 of 5 December 1996, the Law on Family Violence.
GUATEMALA
Decree No. 97-96 of 24 October 1996, Law to Prevent, Punish, and Eradicate Intrafamily Violence.
HONDURAS
Decree No. 132-97 of 29 September 1997, the Law on Domestic Violence.
IRELAND
Domestic Violence Act, 1996 (Act No. 1 of 1996), 27 February 1996.
MALAYSIA
MAURITIUS
An Act to provide protection to the victims of domestic violence, 1997.
MEXICO--FEDERAL DISTRICT
Law of 8 July 1996 on Assistance for and Prevention of Intrafamily Violence.
NEW ZEALAND
Domestic Violence Act 1995 (No. 86 of 1995), 15 December 1995.
Domestic Violence Amendment Act 1998 (Act No. 41 of 1998).
NICARAGUA
PANAMA
PARAGUAY
Law No. 1600 of 6 October 2000 against domestic violence.
PERU
Law No. 27016 of 19 December 1998 [amends Supreme Decree No. 006-97-JUS].
Law No. 27306 of 14 July 2000 [amends Supreme Decree No. 006-97-JUS].
PORTUGAL
SAINT LUCIA
Domestic Violence (Summary Proceedings) Act, 1995 (Act No. 7 of 1995), 20 April 1995.
SINGAPORE
SOUTH AFRICA
Domestic Violence Act, 1998 (No. 116 of 1998), 20 October 1998.
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Domestic Violence Act, 1991 of 16 August 1991 (Act No. 10 of 1991).
UNITED KINGDOM
Family Law Act, 1996 (Chapter 27 of 1996) [Part IV, in particular].
VENEZUELA
Law of 3 September 1998 on violence against women and the family.