Domestic violence is committed through acts such as those listed below, when committed by and against a family member or partner:
- The use of physical violence such as hitting, slapping, pushing and generally any action involving injury to the body.
- Penetration of the body with any object, non-voluntary sexual touching (sexual violence).
- Verbal abuse, humiliation, contempt that have a negative impact on self-recognition (psychological violence).
- Threats to cause any of the above violence to a family member or partner.
- Economic abuse.
- Threatening to disclose sexual orientation to family, friends or others against the will of the family member whose information it is.
- Actions or omissions that seek to create feelings of inferiority and/or guilt.
- Using children to manipulate or coerce one person to do the bidding of another.












