Workshop on National Legislation on Domestic Violence in the Mekong Sub-Region
- ISBN
- 9747216299
- Publisher
- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development(FORUM-ASIA)
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 147
- Genre
- Law
- Location
- O15
About the book
This book is a report from a 2001 workshop on domestic violence held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It brought together legal experts and policymakers from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam to discuss how to stop domestic violence through better laws. The publication explores conceptual issues, challenges, and strategies involved in ending domestic abuse. It examines existing legal systems across these four countries, explains how to draft stronger protection laws for victims, and suggests ways for police and courts to handle cases more effectively. Overall, it serves as an important guide to how countries in Southeast Asia began creating official laws to protect people from domestic violence in the early 2000s.