Czesław Kiszczak quasi-government administering Poland during the martial law (1981–83). In 1982 he became a deputy member of the Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party and a full member in 1986. From December 1981 until June 1989 Kiszczak was the second most important person in Poland, after General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the nation's top leader. Together they orchestrated the crackdown aimed at crushing the "Solidarity", the Eastern Bloc’s first non-communist labor union movement. Martial law included the mass roundup and internment of "Solidarity" activists, curfews and other harsh measures. Generals Kiszczak and Jaruzelski later insisted that they were imposing martial law to
Marital rape immunity in Singapore contrary to human rights as a recognised form of violence against women in the DEVAW. Article 2 of the CEDAW, which Singapore has ratified, ‘condemns discrimination against woman in all its forms’. Further, Article 16 of the CEDAW requires state parties “to eliminate discrimination against woman in all matters relating to marriage and family relations” to ensure equality between men and women. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) in their General Recommendation 19 has also identified family violence, including marital rape, as a form of discrimination under Article 16. It has also been suggested that