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A number of countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and
Colombia) made conciliation between the two parties in conict an obligatory rst stage and
primary aim of court intervention.
In Chile, conservative Catholic legislators objected to imprisonment for abusive spouses, which
was a key component of the original draft bill submitted by two socialist deputies.
Article 14 of the Colombian law requires that, Before and during the hearing the judge should
use all legal means at his or her disposal to nd formulas for resolving the domestic conict
between aggressor and victim in order to guarantee the unity and harmony of the family, and
especially to make the aggressor change his behaviour.