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File Number: 12-00921 Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION RECO.GNIZING AND
DECLARING THAT FREEDOM FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A
FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT.
WHEREAS, the Miami City Commission seeks to enhance the public welfare by declaring that
protection against domestic violence is a fundamental human right; and
WHEREAS, survivors of domestic violence deal with the effects of physical injuries, long-term
psychological damage, financial instability, and difficult quests to find safe housing; and
WHEREAS, more than 1 in 3 women and more than 1 in 4 men in the United States will be
attacked and experience physical violence including rape or stalking by an intimate partner at some
point in their lives; and
WHEREAS, these attacks disproportionately impact women of color, women with disabilities,
women with low incomes, and immigrant women and their children within Miami -Dade County; and
WHEREAS, according to 2011 Uniform Crime Reports, of the 111,681 reported domestic
violence offenses in Florida, 9,313 occurred in Miami -Dade County, representing the highest number
of domestic violence cases of any county in Florida; and
WHEREAS, of those 9,313 Miami -Dade County domestic violence offenses, only about half
(4,736) resulted in arrests; and of the 5,970 temporary injunctions issued in Miami -Dade County on
domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual violence, only twenty-three percent (1,401) resulted in
the issuance of permanent injunctions; and
WHEREAS, in 2011, in Miami -Dade County, domestic violence victims called crisis hotlines and
initiated direct service calls for assistance 5,567 times; shelters provided overnight protection to
victims fleeing domestic violence 23,276 times; and new admissions to residential and nonresidential
domestic violence service facilities numbered 1,846;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are adopted
by reference incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Miami City Commission recognizes and declares that freedom from domestic
violence is a fundamental human right.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature
of the Mayor.{1}
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS
JULIE O. BR
CITY ATTORNEY
Footnotes:
{1} if the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10)
calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it
shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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