Legislating domestic violence in China: Obstacles - Next show - 中国反家庭暴力立法：难点 - 下期预告

Our guests mentioned several issues Chinese lawmakers and citizens have to think about when drafting a specialized law – for example, the concept of domestic violence and the difficulty in finding evidence to prove it. They also mentioned, if China were to pass such legislation, the function of the law shouldn’t be limited to punishment after violence but also involve prevention of violence, protection of the vulnerable and education of the public. How will or should China address these questions? Can a law achieve these goals? We will look into them in our next episode.

我们的嘉宾谈到几个在制定反家庭暴力法时，立法者和公民需要考虑的问题，比如：家庭暴力本身的定义、取证的难度等。她们同时也谈到，如果中国要通过这样一部法律，它的功能不应当仅仅局限于事后的惩罚，而应该包括预防、救助和教育等功能。那么政府应该如何解决这些问题呢？一部法律是否就能真的达到这些目标？我们会在下期解析这些问题。