23. 委员会欢迎为消除暴力侵害妇女行为而采取的措施，包括 2014 年通过了《预防犯罪原则法》，该法规定了禁止令，但委员会仍感关切的是，基于性别的暴力侵害妇女行为非常普遍。此外，自 2013 年以来，根据《行政犯罪法》第 9.1 (2)条(故意造成身体伤害)而不是根据《刑法》处理的行政犯罪数量大幅增加。此外，仍然没有专门将家庭暴力和婚内强奸定为犯罪的法律。委员会注意到，已经制定了一项关于家庭暴力的概念法律，正在等待通过，但感到遗憾的是，缔约国没有规定通过该法律的时间表。委员会还对缔约国的立场(CCPR/C/BLR/5，第 115 段)感到遗憾，其中表示，“没有必要制定专门规则将婚内强奸定为刑事犯罪”，因为这种规则将“构成对家庭范围之外实施的性暴力受害者的歧视”(第二、第三、第六、第七和第二十六条)。
23. While welcoming the measures taken to address violence against women, including the adoption in 2014 of the Principles of Crime Prevention Act, which introduced restraining orders, the Committee remains concerned at the reported prevalence of gender-based violence against women. In addition, since 2013, there has been a substantial increase in the number of administrative offences dealt with under article 9.1 (2) of the Code of Administrative Offences (intentional infliction of bodily harm) instead of under the Criminal Code. Further, there is still an absence of legislation specifically criminalizing domestic violence and marital rape. While noting that a concept law on domestic violence has been developed and is pending adoption, the Committee regrets that the State party has provided no timeline for its adoption. The Committee also regrets the State party’s position (CCPR/C/BLR/5, para. 115) that there is “no need to introduce special rules criminalizing marital rape” since such rules would “constitute discrimination against victims of sexual violence perpetrated outside the family or domestic sphere” (arts. 2, 3, 6, 7 and 26).