Page 50 Ending Sex Discrimination in the Law EQUALITY NOW – BEIJING+25 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Below are examples of laws which must be amended or repealed. IRAQ Iraqi Penal Code No. 111 of 1969: Article 41. There is no crime if the act is committed while exercising a legal right. The following are considered to be in exercise of a legal right: (1) The punishment of a wife by her husband, the disciplining by parents and teachers of children under their authority within certain limits prescribed by law or by custom. Take Action – Iraq Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi Baghdad IRAQ Email: iraq.mission@un.int (Mission to the UN in New York) Twitter: @IraqiPMO Facebook: facebook.com/Adil.Abd. Al.Mahdi1/ Note: Article 14 of the Constitution of Iraq: Iraqis are equal before the law without discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, origin, color, religion, sect, belief or opinion, or economic or social status. NIGERIA The Penal Code of Northern Nigeria: Section 55. Correction of Child, Pupil, Servant or Wife. Take Action – Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari Presidential Villa State House, Aso Rock Abuja NIGERIA Email: info@nigeria.gov.ng permny@nigeriaunmission.org (Mission to the UN in New York) Twitter: @MBuhari (1) Nothing is an offence which does not amount to the infliction of grievous hurt upon any persons which is done: (a) by a parent or guardian for the purpose of correcting his child or ward . . . (b) by a schoolmaster for the purpose of correcting a child . . . (c) by a master for the purpose of correcting his servant or apprentice . . . (d) by a husband for the purpose of correcting his wife, such husband and wife being subject to any native law or custom in which such correction is recognized as lawful. Note: Article 42(1) of the Constitution of Nigeria: A citizen of Nigeria of a particular community, ethnic group, place of origin, sex, religion or political opinion shall not, by reason only that he is such a person: -(a) be subjected either expressly by, or in the practical application of, any law in force in Nigeria or any executive or administrative action of the government, to disabilities or restrictions to which citizens of Nigeria of other communities, ethnic groups, places of origin, sex, religions or political opinions are not made subject . . .