Istanbul Convention
The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, better known as the Istanbul Convention, is a human rights treaty of the Council of Europe against violence against women and domestic violence which was opened for signature on 11 May 2011, in Istanbul, Turkey.[1]
As of February 2024, it has been signed by 45 countries and the European Union.[2] On 12 March 2012, Turkey became the first country to ratify the convention, followed by 38 other countries and European Union from 2013 to 2024. The Convention came into force on 1 August 2014.
On 20 March 2021, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced Turkey's withdrawal from the treaty with a presidential decree.[3]
Istanbul Convention Media
CoE official Johanna Nelles on the convention's purpose (June 2011)
Summary of the convention's key issues
Clickable English language version of the Istanbul Convention
Liri Kopachi[note 3] on the convention's background and ratification process (2014)
Željka Markić and others urging Croatia not to ratify the convention (2018)
Protest against the Istanbul Convention in Sofia (February 2018)
Counter-protest in favour of the Istanbul Convention in Sofia (November 2018)
Anne Brasseur countering criticism against the convention (2019)
Notes
- ↑ 1. The European Union is also a signatory.
- ↑ Includes non-CoE states that were involved in elaborating the Convention; none of them (Canada, the Holy See (Vatican City), Japan, Mexico and the United States) has so far signed the Convention.
- ↑ At the time of this lecture, April 2014, Liri Kopachi was the Head of the Equality Division of the Council of Europe. As she correctly predicted, the Convention entered into force shortly after in August 2014.
References
- ↑ Council of Europe (2011). "Explanatory Report to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence". Council of Europe. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ↑ "Full list: Chart of signatures and ratifications of Treaty 210". Council of Europe. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ↑ "Erdoğan insists it's at his discretion to pull Turkey out of İstanbul Convention". Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
