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On May
31, The Daily Star reported: “A husband who had been abusing his wife
for over a year was detained Friday, the first time the law against family
violence was enforced.
Public Prosecutor Bilal Dennawi ordered the detention of a man, whose identity
remains unknown, for 48 hours after an investigation showed that he had been
abusing his wife. The order for the arrest was issued in line with the recently
passed controversial law to protect women against domestic violence.
The man has also been ordered to pay his wife’s medical examination fee and
return the couple’s 7-month-old daughter to the victim, in accordance with
Article 11 of the law.”
This
case is the first since the law against domestic violence was passed in the
parliament and KAFA considered it as the first victory forfamily law.
The
husband, who has been detained on Friday, will be held in custody for 48 hours and
KAFA was worried that a protection order will not be issued before Monday due
to administrative regulations.
Fortunately,
yesterday the judge of urgent matters issued a protection order for the victim
and her child.
This
case highlights a weakness in the new law and
urges for a quick amendment. As a matter of fact,
the judge of urgent matters is the only one entitled to issue the lengthy
protection order, and he is not on call for 24 hours a day. KAFA has requested
to handle the protection orders by the public prosecutor since his time is more
flexible.
The
new law still needs adjustments. The date of the detention should not
determine the fate of the victim.
Rihab
