Ghasempour: The review of the bill to protect women against violence is in the final stages

Life group: “Fatemeh Ghasempour”, the head of the Social Injuries Committee of the Parliamentary Social Commission, explained the process of reviewing the bill “Preservation of Dignity and Protection of Women against Violence” in the Parliament, said: Legal, social and women were formed and this specialized working group carried out its evaluation of the bill in several stages.

He continued: “In the first stage, a comparative study of the plan and bill, compliance with upstream documents, legal evaluation from a criminal perspective according to existing laws and the assessment of violence against women in Iran according to quantitative and qualitative research.”

The member of the social commission of the parliament, referring to the expert and systematic meetings held in order to review the bill, reminded: After the first step, the expert review meetings of the bill from social, legal and judicial perspectives were held with the presence of experts and researchers.

Qasempour added: “Since the second and third chapters of the bill and plan, by defining the monitoring structure, intervention and institutional mapping, try to be effective in preventing violence against women and ensuring their dignity, and also intervene in the process of social acceptance of the offender.” Zand, in these chapters, several tasks have been defined for different devices.

The member of the social commission of the parliament continued: in the bill and plan, the judiciary and the executive have a strong presence together and in addition, an important part of the envisaged tasks in terms of culture, mobilization of facilities and resources has been assigned to multiple executive bodies. Therefore, in the plan and bill to create this coordination, models are provided that are defined in the plan model, the headquarters of the judiciary and in the model of the bill, the headquarters of the government.

The head of the Women and Family Faction of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, stating that each of these proposed models has strengths and weaknesses, said: It is not commensurate with their role and duties, as well as the facilities and capacities available in the Ministry of Justice.

He added: “Due to the missions and the limited volume of resources and facilities at its disposal, compared to other ministries specified in the bill, the Ministry of Justice is in a much weaker position for the headquarters of this bill, so it is feared that this ministry will not be able to fulfill its duties.” The scope of this law to do well.

The representative of the people of Tehran in the 11th parliament reminded: while considering the legal status of the members of the defined structure and the volume of duties, tasks and missions assigned to these positions, it is practically not possible to hold continuous, regular and efficient meetings at this level. It will reduce orders completely.

A member of the Social Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, referring to the hardship defined in the plan, said: In the plan of the plan, the supervisory and coordination committee of the Judiciary is defined. Facilitates and provides at the national level. However, due to the nature of the proposed council and staff structure and its similarity to the High Council for Crime Prevention, the process of performing and finalizing the assigned tasks and duties in a long and complex process. .

Ghasempour added: “After enumerating the strengths and weaknesses of the two proposed models of the plan and bill, in interaction with the drafters of the plan and the bill and officials of the judiciary and experts in the field of women and family, other proposed models are counted and each is reviewed by experts.” And finally, we suggested an alternative model.

The head of the Social Injuries Committee of the Social Commission of the Majles, referring to the institutional mapping done in the bill and plan, said that other proposed structures were taken into consideration in this review, adding: Assessment and realism of the demands of these tasks from each device, while writing letters to the devices mentioned in the third chapter and then meetings at the expert level and also at the level of managers and deputies, we obtained the challenges, issues and capacities of different devices in performing their tasks. .

Referring to the fourth and fifth chapters of the bill, which are dedicated to punishments and due process, he said: “These chapters were also discussed during various meetings with judges, drafters and criminal law experts, while interacting with social experts and women activists.” Family, social functions of these two chapters for women and family were counted.

The member of the social commission of the parliament continued: “Except for the documentary review and studies section, over 1000 hours of expert work has been done in the meetings section so far, and this review is still going on. We start judicial, legal and social.

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