Chương II Luật Phòng, chống bạo lực gia đình 2022: Phòng ngừa bạo lực gia đình

Chapter II

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Article 13. Purposes and requests in information, communication, and education

1. Information, communication, and education on domestic violence prevention and combat are to improve awareness and orient behaviors, contributing to the elimination of domestic violence.

2. Information, communication, and education on domestic violence prevention and combat shall ensure the following requests:

a) Being constant, accurate, clear, simple, and practical;

b) Being suitable for qualification, age, gender, tradition, culture, ethnicity, religion, and region; focus on children, pregnant women, women raising children under 36 months old, the elderly, disabled people, people who are unable to take care of themselves, and people living in ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, areas with difficult socio-economic conditions, and areas with extremely difficult socio-economic conditions;

c) Focusing on changing the behaviors of perpetrators, people who regularly have acts of inciting violence, stigma, and discrimination on gender, sexuality, and gender stereotypes;

d) Ensuring gender equality and the protection of honor, dignity, and reputation of domestic violence victims and relevant people;

dd) Ensuring the safety of information on personal life, personal secrets, and family secrets.

Article 14. Contents of information, communication, and education

1. Policies and laws on domestic violence and combat.

2. Human rights, civil rights, and gender equality in families.

3. Fine traditions of Vietnamese people and families; examples of good people and good deeds in building a happy family and preventing and combating domestic violence.

4. Knowledge of marriage and families; behavioral skills in families; skills in protecting and supporting domestic violence victims; skills in preventing and handling domestic violence acts.

5. Domestic and international experience in preventing and combating domestic violence.

6. Other contents related to domestic violence prevention and combat.

Article 15. Forms of information, communication, and education  

Information, communication, and education on domestic violence prevention and combat are performed under the following forms:

1. Thematic conferences, seminars, training, and conversations; direct universalization of laws;

2. Mass media, loudspeakers, internet, billboards, and posters;

3. Integration into programs and activities at educational institutions;

4. Organization of communication emulations and campaigns;

5. Integration into activities of literature, art, and sports, activities of unions, residential communities, and domestic violence prevention and combat models;

6. Other forms in accordance with the law.

Article 16. Domestic violence prevention and combat counseling

1. Contents of counseling for domestic prevention and combat include:

a) Information, knowledge, and laws on domestic violence prevention and combat, marriage and family, gender, gender quality, and regulations of relevant laws; rights and responsibilities of domestic violence victims and other family members;

b) Behavioral skills in families, organization of family life, construction of a happy family, handling of domestic violence, and care for domestic violence victims.

2. Subjects of domestic violence prevention and combat counseling:

a) Domestic violence victims; 

b) Perpetrators;

c) Children, pregnant women, women raising children under 36 months old, the elderly, disabled people, people who are unable to take care of themselves, and people living in ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, areas with difficult socio-economic conditions, and areas with extremely difficult socio-economic conditions;  

d) People who regularly have acts of promoting violence, stigma, and discrimination on gender, sexuality, and gender stereotypes;

dd) People who are going to get married.

3. People’s Committees at various levels shall take charge and cooperate with Women's Unions at the same level and other agencies and individuals in guiding and enabling counseling activities; providing advanced training in skills and knowledge of domestic violence prevention and combat for people engaging in grassroots domestic violence prevention and combat.  

Article 17. Mediation in domestic violence prevention and combat  

1. Mediation in domestic violence prevention and combat means that the mediator guides parties to voluntarily settle their conflicts and disputes among family members to prevent the generation or reoccurrence of domestic violence acts.

Mediation in domestic violence prevention and combat does not replace measures to handle perpetrators.

2. Mediation in domestic violence prevention and combat shall satisfy the following principles:

a) Being proactive, timely, and persistent;

b) Respecting the voluntary of parties and the safety of domestic violence victims;

c) Being objective, equal, reasonable, sympathetic, and in accordance with regulations of the law and fine traditions of the Vietnamese nation;

d) Ensuring the confidentiality of information on the personal lives of family members involved in the mediation;

dd) Respecting legal rights and benefits of others; not infringing on the benefits of the State and the community.

Article 18. Mediators 

1. Family and clan members shall mediate conflicts and disputes to prevent domestic violence acts from generating or reoccurring.

In necessary cases, it is possible to invite religious dignitaries, village elders, village chiefs, reputable people in the residential community, relatives, people in agencies or organizations of people who have conflicts and disputes, people who are trained or experienced in social work, psychology, and people who are experienced in domestic violence prevention and combat to participate in the mediation.

2. Agencies and organizations shall organize the mediation of conflicts and disputes between people of such agencies and organizations and their family members upon receiving requests from family members; in case of necessity, cooperate with local agencies or organizations in the mediation.

3. Mediation teams at the grassroots level shall mediate conflicts, disputes, and legal violations against domestic violence prevention and combat laws according to the Law on Grassroots Mediation.

4. The People’s Committees of communes shall take charge and cooperate with Vietnamese Fatherland Front Committees at the same level and other organizations and individuals in guiding and providing advanced training in skills and knowledge of domestic violence prevention and combat for mediators of mediation teams at the grassroots level.