This article criticizes the application of American domestic violence policy to the developing world through the UNiTE campaign. In 2008, the UN began the aggressive UNiTE campaign to reform domestic violence in developing countries. While this campaign includes useful reforms, the author looks at look other exported elements that have faced criticism in the US itself such as mandatory arrest policies and no-drop prosecutions which undermine a woman's ability to make deeply personal life decisions. The author also criticizes the American system as it gives police, prosecutors, and judges power to decide whether a woman must leave her spouse, whether she must testify against him in open court, and whether he must be excluded from their shared home. The author specifically addresses the problematic effects of giving such power to the agents of authoritarian regimes in developing countries and the ousting of traditional practices. The author suggests that before efforts to combat domestic violence are intensified, the flaws in the basic assumptions of the reform must be addressed.