China News Service, Beijing, April 20 (Reporter Li Jingze and Liang Xiaohui) After nearly 30 years of implementation, the Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests has ushered in a series of major adjustments.
Among them, the establishment of a compulsory reporting and investigation system for violations such as abduction and trafficking of women has received widespread attention.
After being submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for preliminary review last year, the draft revision of the Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests has been publicly solicited for comments on the National People's Congress website, receiving more than 420,000 legal opinions from all walks of life, with more than 80,000 participants.
Such a high level of participation shows that the public attaches great importance to the protection of women's rights and interests, and how to strictly prevent violations such as abduction and trafficking of women is the focus of public opinion.
During the group review of the second draft of the revised draft of the Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests on the 19th, the participants discussed the provisions related to trafficking in women.
The problem of trafficking in women has been around for a long time, and some extreme cases recently exposed have exposed this "social cancer" to the public again.
This year's National People's Congress, many representatives and members also put forward suggestions on this.
For example, it is recommended that the marriage relationship arising from the purchase of women be invalid, that the crime of buying and selling is the same, and that those who assist and conceal the abduction and trafficking of women should be properly dealt with.
In the opinion of Lv Wei, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, these specific suggestions can be used as legislative references, and then "heavy blows" against trafficking in women and other acts.
"The vicious cases of abduction and trafficking of women that have been revealed recently in some places have exposed many problems and shortcomings in the protection of women's rights and interests." Zhang Yesui, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said that the addition of mandatory reporting and investigation systems in the second draft of the draft is conducive to timely The detection and handling of illegal and criminal acts are of great significance to the protection of women's rights and interests.
Specifically, the second draft of the draft makes it clear that marriage registration agencies, township people's governments, sub-district offices, residents' committees, villagers' committees and their staff should report to the public security organs in a timely manner if they find women suspected of being abducted, trafficked or kidnapped during their work.
Yang Zhijin, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said that there is still room for further expansion.
Yang Zhijin pointed out that medical institutions should also be included in the main unit of the mandatory reporting system.
In the process of handling the birth certificates of pregnant women and newborns, if doctors and nurses find that women are suspected of being abducted, they should also report to the police in time.
The second draft of the draft also clarified that the Women's Federation should play its role as a grassroots organization, and work with the public security and other departments to strengthen the investigation of trafficking, kidnapping and other violations of women's rights and interests.
Xian Tieke, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, believes that such regulations are not comprehensive enough. It is necessary to make full use of the grass-roots organizations of the Women's Federation in towns, streets and communities, and give full play to the role of grass-roots women's federation cadres and volunteers.
Severe crackdowns and strict prevention are only an important step towards solving the problem of trafficking in women.
The participants also pointed out that only by forming a good atmosphere in the whole society to care for and protect the rights and interests of women can it be possible to completely eradicate the breeding ground for cases of abduction and trafficking of women.
In this process of building consensus and forming synergy, the members participating in the group deliberation believed that there should be comprehensive management of the public security environment by the government and judicial departments, community and neighborhood committees' concern for women's psychology and physiology, and the publicity of the news media. Support, and more should be everyone's conscious protection of "her" rights and interests.
In order to create a good social atmosphere, Zhang Ping, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, pointed out that an appropriate incentive mechanism may play a role.
Perhaps the bounty is not very high for those who report the crime of trafficking in women, but it can play a role in amplifying the effect of protecting women's rights and interests in society.
Focusing on the main dimensions of severe crackdown, strict prevention, and social consensus, the participating members made suggestions for further improving the second review draft of the revised draft of the Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests, effectively curbing the evil of trafficking in women, and making the realization of "no abduction in the world" no longer far away.
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