Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (2011)
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Key information and links
For the most current information, please visit: https://www.coe.int/en/web/istanbul-convention.
For a progress report on occasion of the 10the anniversary 2021, please visit: https://www.coe.int/en/web/istanbul-convention/10th-anniversary.
For the Explanatory Report: https://rm.coe.int/1680a48903
"...The convention leaves no doubt: there can be no real equality between women and men if women experience gender-based violence on a large-scale and state agencies and institutions turn a blind eye. Because it is not only women and girls who suffer domestic violence, parties to the convention are encouraged to apply the protective framework it creates to men who are exposed to violence within the family or domestic unit. Nevertheless, it should not be overlooked that the majority of victims of domestic violence are women and that domestic violence against them is part of a wider pattern of discrimination and inequality. Treaty open for signature by the member States, the non-member States which have participated in its elaboration and by the European Union, and for accession by other non-member States..."
