Thousands of women in Turkey took to the streets demanding their government to take back their withdrawal from the historic Istanbul Convention – which aims to ‘prevent, prosecute and eliminate’ domestic violence.
- The Istanbul Convention, formally known as ‘The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence’, is a human rights treaty. It aims to safeguard women against various forms of violence and protect their rights.
- The convention opened to signatures on 11 May 2011 in Istanbul. Turkey was the first country to sign the treaty in 2012.
- Thirty-three countries are a part of this treaty. These are: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece,[3] Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
