City of Baltimore - File #: 12-0034R

• File #: 12-0034R
• Version: 0
• Name: The Freedom from Domestic Violence is a Fundamental Human Right
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/19/2012
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 3/19/2012
• Title: The Freedom from Domestic Violence is a Fundamental Human Right FOR the purpose of joining world leaders and leaders within the United States in recognition of domestic violence as a human rights concern and declaring that the freedom from domestic violence is a fundamental human right.
• Sponsors: Robert Curran, Bill Henry, Carl Stokes, James B. Kraft, Warren Branch, Sharon Green Middleton, Helen L. Holton, William H. Cole, IV, Nick Mosby, Brandon M. Scott, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, President Young, William "Pete" Welch
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/19/2012	0	City Council	Introduced
3/19/2012	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
3/19/2012	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Curran



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
title
The Freedom from Domestic Violence is a Fundamental Human Right

FOR the purpose of joining world leaders and leaders within the United States in recognition of domestic violence as a human rights concern and declaring that the freedom from domestic violence is a fundamental human right.
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Recitals

WHEREAS, more than 1 in 3 women and more than 1 in 4 men in the United States will experience rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner at some point in their
lives, according to the Centers for Disease Control; and

WHEREAS, 44% percent of African American women, 37% of Hispanic women, and 35% of white women have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner; and 39% of African American men, 27% of Hispanic men, and 28% of white men have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner, according to the Centers for Disease Control; and

WHEREAS, 43 Marylanders died as a result of domestic violence between July 2010 and June 2011 according to the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence; and

WHEREAS, the Women’s Law Center of Maryland provided services to over 800 people who experienced domestic violence in 2010, including: Protection Order advocacy for 769 clients, immigration representation and services for 62 clients, and...