The Istanbul Convention’s sole objective is to combat violence against women and domestic violence.
In a decision being called the "worst in its history," the Bulgarian Constitutional Court dealt a heavy blow to women's rights by ruling the Istanbul Convention unconstitutional.
Almost 70 NGOs are urging Lithuanian MPs to better protect victims of domestic violence by complying with international obligations and ratifying the Council of Europe Convention combating violence against women.
The EU has signed the Istanbul Convention, which was adopted by the Council of Europe in 2011. The Istanbul Convention is the most comprehensive international treaty to combat violence against women and domestic...
Following recent debates in the German Parliament about amending the penal code on sexual offenses, the scientific community voiced concerns that the current legislative proposal fails to sufficiently protect sexual...
The Istanbul Convention came into force in the Netherlands on March 1. Forty-five percent of Dutch women over the age of 15 have had to deal with physical or sexual violence at some point. The treaty gives a new...
The Istanbul Convention, which will come into force in the Netherlands in 2016, aims to strengthen efforts to combat violence against women and domestic violence.
The campaign to condemn rape called "Vergewaltigung verurteilen! Nein heißt nein!" (Condemn rape! No means no!) concluded by handing out over 62,000 postcards to the Federal Ministry of Justice. A coalition of women's...
On average, Lithuania sees one woman killed in a family context each month; furthermore, one in nine calls to the police is a report about domestic violence. In order to more effectively tackle violence against women...
The lower house of Poland's Parliament has passed a law ratifying the Istanbul Convention, which seeks to better protect women, after intense debate and opposition from political factions and the clergy.
