03 conditions for forbidding contact upon decision of the court regarding domestic violence in Vietnam

03 conditions for forbidding contact upon decision of the court regarding domestic violence in Vietnam (Internet image)

The Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control 2007 of Vietnam stipulates that in collecting evidence or processing civil case between the victim of domestic violence and the person conducting violent acts, the courts shall have the authority to forbid the person committing violent acts to contact the victim of domestic violence for no longer than 4 months when having sufficient conditions as following:

- Written request from the victims of domestic violence, the custodian or the legal representative or the  authorized institution/organization. In case the authorized institution/organization requests, they must be agreed to by the victim of domestic violence,

- The domestic violence causing physical damages or threatening to cause serious injury to the health and life of the victim of domestic violence.

- The violence committing person and the victim are not living in the same domicile during the forbidden contact duration.

The decision of forbidden contact with the victim of domestic violence shall be  effective after signing and shall be notified to the violence committed person, the victim of violence and the community leader at the victim’s domicile and the people’s Inspecting Institute at the same level. The people’s court that decided on the forbidden contact measure, shall cancel that decision when receiving the written request for cancellation from the violence victim or when it sees that this measure is no longer needed.

Note: In case there is a wedding or funeral, or some special events in their families that require the victim of violence and the violence committing person to contact each other, the violence committing person must inform the victim’s community leader.

More details can be found in the Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control 2007 of Vietnam, which comes into force from July 1, 2008.

Ty Na

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