对在国外遭受家庭暴力的中国妇女寻求法律救济的思考

Consideration about Legal Relief Seeked by Overseas Chinese Women Suffering from Domestic Violence

在国外遭受家庭暴力的中国妇女可以通过国际私法制度依靠定居国的法律寻求救济。但有时仅依靠定居国的法律可能并不能得到充分的保护,而依靠国际人权法的救济途径可以弥补依据定居国法律保护的不足。但传统国家责任的理论对依据国际人权法防治家庭暴力构成了障碍,因此应适当拓展国家责任理论,强化国家对于家庭暴力受害妇女保护的责任意识,使国外的中国妇女在受家庭暴力的侵害时,能够通过国际人权法提供的途径寻求保护。

According to international private law, Overseas Chinese women suffering from domestic violence can seek legal relief through the law of the country where they reside. However, only depending on the law of the country where they reside, overseas Chinese women experiencing domestic violence cannot fully protect their rights and interests. Hence, using the approach stipulated by international human rights law can supplement domestic measures. The traditional theory of state responsibility is an obstacle to the approach stipulated by international human rights law to prevent and eliminate domestic violence. We should therefore appropriately extend the traditional theory of state responsibility to strengthen the responsibility consciousness of state to protect women suffering from domestic violence, which can make overseas Chinese women undergoing domestic violence use the approach stipulated by international human rights law to protect their rights and interests.