Today, Ukraine officially completed the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, handing over the relevant documents to the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Bjorn Berge. This was reported by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Maria Peychynovych-Burych on Twitter,
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“I sincerely welcome Ukraine’s transfer of the document on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention today. Ukraine is the 36th state party to this landmark treaty,” she wrote.
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The Istanbul Convention is an international agreement of the Council of Europe on the prevention of violence against women and domestic violence, opened for signature on May 11, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. The convention covers a number of measures to prevent and counter violence, protect its victims, prosecute and punish perpetrators.
The document recognizes violence against women as both a violation of human rights and a form of discrimination; establishes a clear link between the achievement of equality between women and men and the eradication of violence against women. Sexual harassment at home, at work, in transport, on the street or elsewhere, as well as physical or mental violence, forced abortions, sterilization and forced marriage are recognized as criminal offences.
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On June 18, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi , submitted to the Verkhovna Rada the draft law “On the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on the prevention of violence against women and domestic violence and the fight against these phenomena.”
Already on June 20, the Ukrainian parliament supported the ratification of the Istanbul Convention on the Prevention of Violence against Women and Domestic Violence.
Source: Ukrgate
