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Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women (Istanbul Convention) (2014)

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Istanbul Convention as a Principal Legal Instrument in the Combat with Violence Against Women in the European States

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Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) is a fundamental legally binding instrument in Europe, providing principles and specific measures for combating violence against women and domestic violence. It was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) on 7 April 2011 and entered into force on 1 August 2014. The Convention fills a significant gap in the human rights protection for women in Europe and frames the elimination of violence against women in the wider context of achieving substantive gender equality. It also reinforces international actions to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence on global level.

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Violence against women is a common, worldwide phenomenon: it takes place in different societies irrespective of their political...

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  1. Department of Public International and European Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

    Ilona Topa & Magdalena Półtorak

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  1. FTZ-ALS, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences FTZ-ALS, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Ctr Neurosci & Cell Biology, 1 Floor, Univ Coimbra, Edf Fac Medicina, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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Topa, I., Półtorak, M. (2019). Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women (Istanbul Convention) (2014). In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_35-1

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