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Project Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Law Commission of Ontario is examining why protection orders are failing to prevent intimate partner and family violence in Ontario. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 434 people \u2014 mostly women and children \u2014 were murdered in acts of intimate partner violence across the province from 2003 to 2021, according to Ontario\u2019s Domestic Violence Death Review Committee. Most cases had a history of violence, and in a quarter of cases the perpetrator had breached a protection order or other court order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protection orders are legal tools meant to prevent violence by imposing conditions on a person causing harm \u2014 such as restricting where they can go or who they can contact. There are many different types of protection orders in Ontario, including restraining orders, peace bonds, bail release orders or undertakings, exclusive possession orders, and criminal sentences with protective conditions. Some First Nations also have their own protection orders. We define these orders and related terms in our Project Glossary<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they work, protection orders can save lives. But Ontario\u2019s current legal landscape is often inaccessible, ineffective, outdated, and overly complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advisory Committee<\/summary>\n