Zambia's 2011 law criminalising domestic and gender-based violence — including physical, sexual, emotional, and economic abuse — and providing for free Protection Orders from Magistrate's Courts.
The Anti-Gender Based Violence Act No. 1 of 2011 criminalises gender-based violence within intimate and family relationships. It covers physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, psychological, and economic abuse, as well as harmful practices. Victims can apply for a Protection Order from any Magistrate's Court — the application is free and can be made without a lawyer. Emergency Protection Orders can be granted without notifying the abuser. Police are empowered to arrest without a warrant for GBV offences.
A woman in Ndola is regularly beaten by her partner and threatened when she tries to leave. She applies for a Protection Order at the Magistrate's Court. The court grants an Emergency Protection Order the same day. When the partner violates it, police arrest him without a warrant under the Anti-GBV Act.
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